Chinese symbol for “constraint”
拘禁
jū jìn
constraint; to detain; to take into custody
The closest CC-CEDICT match for constraint is 拘禁 (jū jìn), defined as: constraint; to detain; to take into custody.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “constraint”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 约束 (約束) | yuē shù | to restrict; to limit to |
| 约束条件 (約束條件) | yuē shù tiáo jiàn | restrictive condition; constraint |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 拘禁.
| 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 |
| 拘役 | jū yì | detention |
| 禁止 | jìn zhǐ | to prohibit; to forbid |
| 不禁 | bù jīn | can't help (doing sth); can't refrain from |
| 监禁 (監禁) | jiān jìn | to imprison; to jail |
See also: Japanese symbol for “constraint”.
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.