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Kotomora

縛

truss, arrest, bind, tie, restrain

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes16

Readings

On'yomi

  • バク

Kun'yomi

  • しば.る

Meaning

縛 centers on restricting movement or freedom by tying: binding with rope, trussing up, restraining a person, or arresting someone.

Most common words using 縛

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  • 縛るしばる
    N3

    to tie; to bind; to fasten

  • 束縛そくばく
    N1

    restraint; restriction; fetters; yoke; shackles

  • 緊縛きんばく

    binding tightly; tight binding

  • 呪縛じゅばく

    spell (that restricts one's movements); binding spell

  • 縛ばく

    tying up; restraint; restriction; arrest

  • 金縛りかなしばり

    binding hand and foot

  • 捕縛ほばく

    arrest; apprehension; capture

  • 縛り付けるしばりつける

    to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten

  • 縛り首しばりくび

    (death by) hanging

  • 自縛じばく

    being circumscribed by one's own words and actions

  • 自縄自縛じじょうじばく

    being caught in one's own trap; being hoisted by one's own petard

  • ふん縛るふんじばる

    to tie up (roughly; esp. to prevent escape); to bind; to arrest

  • 不動の金縛りふどうのかなしばり

    binding of Acala; fast binding

  • 亀の子縛りかめのこしばり

    tying up (e.g. a prisoner) with a criss-cross rope so that it forms a lozenge pattern

  • 亀甲縛りきっこうしばり

    tortoise shell bondage; turtle shell bondage

  • 動的束縛どうてきそくばく

    dynamic restraints

  • 固縛こばく

    binding firmly; lashing

  • 地縛じしばり

    creeping lettuce (Ixeris stolonifera)

  • 地縛霊じばくれい

    ghost bound to a specific physical location (usu. where death occurred)

  • 就縛しゅうばく

    being put in bonds; coming under arrest

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Study

Etymology

縛 combines 糸 (thread/rope) with 尃, which likely contributes the sound バク and the idea of spreading or applying, together suggesting binding with cord.

Meaning mnemonic

The left side is thread 糸, and the right side 尃 looks like a hand 寸 spreading something over a field 田. Picture using thread to tie someone's hands and spread them wide, binding and restraining them.

Reading mnemonic

For バク, imagine a robber being tied up and thrown into the back of a police van: back -> バク, and the thread 糸 binds the criminal.