Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 尃 represents the sound.
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总 altogether (simp)絕 discontinue (trad)絲 silk (trad)糾 entangle (trad/jp)紀 epoch (trad/jp)紂 name of an emperor (trad)約 make an appointment (trad/jp)紅 red (trad/jp)紆 bend (trad)紈 white (trad)紉 thread (trad)紋 design (trad/jp)納 let in (trad/jp)紐 new (trad)紓 relieve (trad)純 unadulterated (trad/jp)紕 spoiled (trad)紗 yarn (trad)紙 paper (trad/jp)級 rank (trad/jp)
Historical Evolution
縛
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
縛
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
縛
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
縛
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
縛
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
縛
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
縛
Regular
Modern
Chinese
缚 / 縛 [fù]
to bind; to tie; Taiwan pr. [fú]
Japanese
tying up; restraint; restriction; arrest
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (11)
束缚 [shùfù] #6,557
to bind
作茧自缚 [zuòjiǎnzìfù] #28,075
to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
手无缚鸡之力 [shǒuwúfùjīzhīlì] #47,951
lit. lacking the strength even to truss a chicken (idiom)
绑缚 [bǎngfù] #54,938
to tie up
捆缚 [kǔnfù] #57,629
bondage
吊坠缚 [diàozhuìfù]
strappado bondage
吐丝自缚 [tǔsīzìfù]
to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
棕缚 [zōngfù]
palm fiber
自缚手脚 [zìfùshǒujiǎo]
to bind oneself hand and foot
袒缚 [tǎnfù]
to surrender after baring oneself to the waist and tying one's hands behind
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JAPANESE WORDS (39)
⭐ 縛る [しばる] #2,431
to tie
歯を食いしばる [はをくいしばる] #6,793
to bear up in tragedy
捕縛 [ほばく] #10,204
arrest
⭐ 束縛 [そくばく] #11,162
restraint
呪縛 [じゅばく] #13,306
spell (that restricts one's movements)
縛り付ける [しばりつける] #14,436
to tie
縛り上げる [しばりあげる] #16,414
to bind up
縛め [いましめ] #19,442
bonds
⭐ 金縛り [かなしばり] #19,919
binding hand and foot
縛り [しばり] #21,991
binding
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KOREAN WORDS (1)