What is the Kanji for "Detain", "Adhere to", and "Arrest"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Detain", "Adhere to", and "Arrest", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Detain", "Adhere to", and "Arrest" is "拘".

This kanji has 2 readings:

Its kunyomi reading is "Kaka".

Its onyomi reading is "Kou".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The radical "扌" means "Hand" . And The kanji "句" means "Phrase" and "Paragraph" and can be read as "Ku".

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "拘" mean in japanese?

"拘" means "Detain", "Adhere to", and "Arrest".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Junior Highschool, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N1 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

拘束: "Restraint". The noun '拘束 (こうそく)' means 'restraint'. This word refers to the act of restricting or constraining someone's freedom, movement or actions, such as being under arrest or having one's personal liberty limited. It can also imply a sense of obligation, responsibility or constraint, such as being bound by rules or duties. For example: The prisoner was kept in restraint - (囚人は拘束されていた). The strict rules of the school imposed a lot of restraint on the students - (学校の厳しい規則は生徒たちに多くの拘束を課していた).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "こ" is read as "ko". The hiragana "う" is read as "u". And The hiragana "か" is read as "ka".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.