Chinese symbol for “constrain”
约束
yuē shù
Traditional: 約束
to restrict; to limit to; to constrain; restriction
The closest CC-CEDICT match for constrain is 约束 (yuē shù), defined as: to restrict; to limit to; to constrain; restriction; constraint.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “constrain”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 遏制 | è zhì | to check; to contain |
| 拘 | jū | to capture; to restrain |
| 约制 (約制) | yuē zhì | to bind; to restrict |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 约束.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大约 (大約) | dà yuē | approximately; probably |
| 条约 (條約) | tiáo yuē | treaty; pact |
| 约定 (約定) | yuē dìng | to agree on sth (after discussion); to conclude a bargain |
| 合约 (合約) | hé yuē | contract; agreement; measure word: 份 (fèn) |
| 公约 (公約) | gōng yuē | convention (i.e. international agreement) |
| 结束 (結束) | jié shù | to end; to finish; to conclude |
| 束缚 (束縛) | shù fù | to bind; to tie up; to fetter; to shackle |
| 拘束 | jū shù | to restrict; to restrain |
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.