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漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food

縛: truss, arrest

Also: bind, tie, restrain

JLPT N116 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

糸 carries the meaning · 尃 gives the sound

16 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

バクbaku · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 束縛そくばく
  • 呪縛じゅばくspell (that restricts one's movements)

しばるshibaru · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 縛るしばるto tie; to bind; to fasten
  • 縛り首しばりくび(death by) hanging
  • 金縛りかなしばりbinding hand and foot

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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“Everything is connected! This radical represents the invisible threads that tie us together—our relationships, the fine "silk" of our words, and the intricate weaving of our personal histories.”
More in the 糸 thread story
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Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
糸

Also built on thread (糸)

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尃

Also built on 尃

縛 takes the 尃 family's reading, ハク (haku).

Also read バク

7 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
縛 truss · 糸 + 尃
vs薄 dilute · 艹 + 溥
縛 has 糸 + 尃 where 薄 has 艹 + 溥.
In ChineseSimplified 缚 · traditional, as in Japanese · fù

Japan keeps the traditional form 縛; mainland China simplifies it to 缚.

Simplified
缚 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
縛 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin fù most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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