Kanji
N1 8 strokes Grade 8 freq #1336

arrest, seize, concerned, adhere to, despite

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

hand te

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

restriction; restraint
detention; confinement
prison; detention house
detention; custody
custody; detention
total hours spent working
preventive detention; preventive custody
straitjacket
scar contracture; cicatricial contraction
legal binding force; legally binding power

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

to be mixed up with; to have a connection with (a troublesome matter)
to detain; to take into custody
to be mixed up with; to have a connection with (a troublesome matter)
obsession; fixation

Example sentences

The notorious rebel was ultimately captured and confined to jail.

The man was held in police custody.

Care over the particulars only has meaning once it gets across to customers.