The kanji 縛: meaning, readings and stroke order

縛

Meaning: tie up, bind
On reading: バク baku
Kun reading: しば（る） shibaru
Strokes: 16
Radical: 糸 silk
Level: Level 8 · the last years of junior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: trói, buộc (phược)
Japanese: しばる。じゆうをうばう。
Korean: 묶다, 얽매다 (박)
Chinese: 绑、束缚 (缚)

Readings, words and example sentences

バク baku · on reading · less common

そく縛ばく
being tied down, restriction
時間に そく縛そくばくされません。
I am not tied down by time.

しば（る） shibaru · kun reading

縛しばる
to tie up
ひもで新聞を 縛しばります。
I tie up the newspapers with string.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.