1. verb to capture; to arrest
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 逮捕 (CC-CEDICT '拘'; Guoyu '拘' v 2; Kroll 2015 '拘' 1a, p. 223; Unihan '拘'; XHZD '拘' 1, p. 367)
  2. verb to restrict; to restrain; to limit
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 局限 (CC-CEDICT '拘'; Guoyu '拘' v 3; Kroll 2015 '拘' 2, p. 223; Unihan '拘'; XHZD '拘' 2, p. 367)
  3. adjective strictly adhering [to regulations]; inflexible
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: n the sense of 死板 (CC-CEDICT '拘'; Guoyu '拘' adj; Kroll 2015 '拘' 2a, p. 223; Unihan '拘'; XHZD '拘' 3, p. 367)
  4. verb to grasp
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '拘' 1, p. 223)
  5. gōu adjective bent
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '拘' gōu, p. 223)
  6. verb to block
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 阻止 (Guoyu '拘' v 1)
  7. verb to capture; dharṣayati
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: dharṣayati, Japanese: ko, or: ku (BCSD '拘', p. 542; SH '拘', p. 261; Unihan '拒')

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