拘 Strokes Write it Listen 拘 jū to detain, to restrain, to seize HSK 7–9 8 strokes Radical 扌 Sound + meaning 2 words Built from扌meaningshǒuhand句soundjùsentence, clause, phrase, paragraph; stanza How it works扌 hints at the meaning (hand), and 句 jù hints at the sound.