| 拘 | jū | adhere; capture; restrain |
| 拘留 | jū liú | to detain (a prisoner); to keep sb in custody |
| 拘役 | jū yì | detention |
| 拘束 | jū shù | to restrict; to restrain; constrained; awkward; ill at ease; uncomfortable; reticent |
| 拘禁 | jū jìn | constraint; to detain; to take into custody |
| 不拘 | bù jū | not stick to; not confine oneself to; whatever |
| 拘谨 | jū jǐn | reserved; overcautious |
| 拘泥 | jū ní | a stickler for formalities; rigidly adhering to sth; constrained; ill at ease |
| 不加拘束 | bù jiā jū shù | unrestricted |
| 不拘一格 | bù jū yī gé | not stick to one pattern |
| 不拘小节 | bù jū xiǎo jié | to not bother about trifles (idiom) |
| 刑事拘留 | xíng shì jū liú | to detain as criminal |
| 拘传 | jū chuán | subpoena; to summon (for questioning) |
| 拘囚 | jū qiú | to imprison; prisoner |
| 拘执 | jū zhí | rigid; inflexible |
| 拘守 | jū shǒu | to hold tight; to cling to; to adhere; stubborn; to detain sb as prisoner |
| 拘忌 | jū jì | scruple |
| 拘押 | jū yā | to arrest; to take into custody |
| 拘押营 | jū yā yíng | detention center; prison camp |
| 拘拿 | jū ná | to arrest |
| 拘捕 | jū bǔ | to arrest |
| 拘挛 | jū luán | cramps; muscular spasm; fig. constrained; ill at ease |
| 拘挛儿 | jū luánr | erhua variant of 拘挛, cramps; muscular spasm |
| 拘检 | jū jiǎn | restrained and cautious |
| 拘牵 | jū qiān | restrained; confined |
| 拘留所 | jū liú suǒ | detention center; prison |
| 拘票 | jū piào | warrant (for arrest) |
| 拘礼 | jū lǐ | to stand on ceremony; punctilious |
| 拘迂 | jū yū | inflexible; stubborn |
| 放诞不拘 | fàng dàn bù jū | wanton and unrestrained (idiom); dissolute |
| 无拘无束 | wú jū wú shù | free and unconstrained (idiom); unfettered; unbuttoned; without care or worries |
| 迂拘 | yū jū | conventional; conservative |
