Chinese symbol for “confined”
拘牵
jū qiān
Traditional: 拘牽
restrained; confined
The closest CC-CEDICT match for confined is 拘牵 (jū qiān), defined as: restrained; confined.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 拘牵.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 拘留 | jū liú | to detain (as a prisoner); to keep sb in custody |
| 拘捕 | jū bǔ | to arrest |
| 拘束 | jū shù | to restrict; to restrain |
| 拘留所 | jū liú suǒ | detention center; prison |
| 拘禁 | jū jìn | constraint; to detain |
| 拘役 | jū yì | detention |
| 牵引 (牽引) | qiān yǐn | to pull; to draw (a cart); to tow |
| 牵涉 (牽涉) | qiān shè | to involve; implicated |
See also: Japanese symbol for “confined”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.