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絆
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇯🇵🇰🇷
绊
🇨🇳

catch

HSK 10
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bàn
ハン
きずな、ほだ.す、つな.ぐ
반
Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 半 represents the sound.
Components
糹 silk+ 半 half =
絆 catch
糹 Meaning component
mì
silk
糹 is a component form of 糸.
半 Phonetic component
bàn half
View phonetic series →
Notes
Similar Characters
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
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
绊
Regular
Modern
Chinese
绊 / 絆 [bàn]
to trip; to stumble; to hinder
Japanese
絆 、 紲 (rare) きずな 、 きづな 同音

noun

  1. bond (between people); (emotional) ties; bonds; relationship; connection; link
  2. tether; fetters
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
その兄弟の間には強い絆がある。
There is a strong bond between the brothers.
Japanese Names
絆 きずな
Kizuna female given name
絆 りあん
Rian female given name
CHINESE WORDS (9)
绊倒 [bàn​dǎo] #9,837
to trip
羁绊 [jī​bàn] #17,886
trammels
绊脚石 [bàn​jiǎo​shí] #17,044
stumbling block
牵绊 [qiān​bàn] #27,597
to bind
磕磕绊绊 [kē​ke​bàn​bàn] #38,499
bumpy (of a road)
绊住 [bàn​zhù] #49,493
to entangle
绊脚 [bàn​jiǎo] #61,980
to stumble over sth
纽绊 [niǔ​bàn]
see 紐襻|纽襻[niǔ​pàn]
绊跤 [bàn​jiāo]
to trip
JAPANESE WORDS (8)
⭐ 絆 [きずな] #4,328
bond (between people)
絆創膏 [ばんそうこう] #20,268
adhesive bandage
絆す [ほだす] #37,410
to fetter
脚絆 [きゃはん] #51,955
gaiters
情にほだされる [じょうにほだされる] #65,003
to feel compassion towards
羈絆 [きはん] #152,856
fetters
巻き脚絆 [まききゃはん] #189,279
puttee
絆される [ほだされる]
to be bound (by feelings)