Memory phrase for the character: 縛


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Meaning

bind, tie, restrict, restrain, truss, arrest

Pronunciation

BAKU
shibaru

Explanation

Left:thread 糸, right: var. of wholly, exclusive 専 (The soil 一 is penetrated by a (sole) sprout 丨 in the rice field 田, cared for by a skillful hand 寸, and is exclusive.)

Mnemonic


 
(The purpose of) A thread is wholly for binding sth.

Radicals

thread
exclusivelyspecialty, wholly, solely
reason, causeThe sprout丨 on the field 田 has its reason 由. (That's after the root shoot 丨 burst its shell 甲.)
skillful handImage of a hand 一 forearm 丨 and pulse 丶. It was originally also the distance of one inch (Length: 1 SUN = 3.03 cm) from the hand's palm to the pulse. This also stood for a small amount. The mnemonics use it as "skillful hand" and partly as "to measure".




 Vocabulary

束縛 そくばく  restraint, shackles, restriction, confinement, binding
縛る しばる  to tie, to bind


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