# 拘 put in custody

(handleft) + 句 (verse of a poem)
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8 strokes
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## Onyomi

KOU |

## Mnemonic

| Reach your hand out to put him in custody for saying a forbidden verse about COCAINE.

## Jukugo

拘留(こうりゅう) する | put in custody ☆☆☆☆☆ NP 拘 (put in custody) + 留 (absent / stopped) = 拘留 (put in custody )
拘束(こうそく) する | restrain/restrict ☆☆☆☆☆ NP 拘 (put in custody) + 束 (bundle of sticks) = 拘束 (restrain/restrict) to physically restrain (handcuffs / strait-jacket) to legally restrict (carbon emissions / immigration quotas / freedom of speech)

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
拘 | put in custody | VERSE | 句
抱 | hug | MYSELF | 己

Cops put you in custody for singing a VERSE about the Emperor's mama.

I hug by wrapping MYSELF around someone.

## Synonyms

arrest 逮捕 投獄 拘留する 拘束する