to capture / to restrain / to constrain / to adhere rigidly to / inflexible

= + : The grammar nazi (句) wants to visit the space station, but in front of the space station (Ø1) Zeus holds him back (拘) with a toy claw (扌).

拘 character breakdown

variant of 勾[gou1]
sentence / clause / phrase / classifier for phrases or lines of verse

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a grammar nazi.

Zeus (ju), the elephant (勹) and the grammar nazi (句) are playing monkey in the bathroom's space station (Ø4). The elephant uses its long trunk to hold a mandarin (口) just above the grammar nazis head where he can't reach it, while Zeus laughs out loud.
"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a toy claw.

Characters with 拘 as component

拘 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 拘

not stick to one pattern
not stick to / not confine oneself to / whatever
to not bother about trifles (idiom)
subpoena / to summon (for questioning)
to imprison / prisoner
rigid / inflexible
to hold tight / to cling to / to adhere / stubborn / to detain sb as prisoner
to detain as criminal / criminal detention
to detain as criminal / criminal detention / abbr. for 刑事拘留[xing2 shi4 ju1 liu2]

Sentences with 拘

拘 currently does not appear in any sentence.