拘押
jū​yā

detain

拘 jū restrain

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 句 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

句
句 Sound component
jù sentence

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangko
Unicodegio

說文解字

止也。从句从手，句亦聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

押 yā mortgage

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 甲 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

甲
甲 Sound component
jiǎ, jia 1st heavenly stem, fingernail

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartʔæpʔˤrepto seal, stamp
Zhengzhangkraːb
qraːb

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang