拘留
jū​liú HSK7

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)

留 liú to stay

Phonosemantic compound. 田 represents the meaning and 卯 represents the sound.

Components

卯
卯 Sound component
mǎo 4th terrestrial branch
Change in sound
田
田 Meaning component
tián field

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 13 verified)

溜瘤榴遛馏镏熘骝鹠鶹餾騮鎦

Meaning (0 of 5 verified)

馏镏籀餾鎦

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartljuwC.ru stay, remain

說文解字

《說文》：“畱，止也。从田，丣聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)