絆

See also: 绊

Translingual

Han character

絆 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 女火火手 (VFFQ), four-corner 2995₀, composition ⿰糹半)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 921, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27376
• Dae Jaweon: page 1354, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3386, character 1
• Unihan data for U+7D46

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Chinese

trad.		絆
simp.		绊

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (半) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
半	*paːns
絆	*paːns
靽	*paːns
姅	*paːns, *pʰaːns
拌	*pʰaːn, *baːnʔ
拚	*pʰaːn, *brons, *pʰaːn, *puns
坢	*pʰaːnʔ
判	*pʰaːns
泮	*pʰaːns
頖	*pʰaːns
胖	*pʰaːns
冸	*pʰaːns
牉	*pʰaːns
柈	*baːn
伴	*baːnʔ, *baːns
叛	*baːns
畔	*baːns
袢	*ban

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 絆

1. ^† fetter; shackle
2. ^† to fetter; to shackle
3. to trip; to stumble

   絆手絆腳／绊手绊脚  ―  bànshǒubànjiǎo  ―  to be in the way; to be a hindrance

   他被樹根絆了一下。 [MSC, trad.]
   他被树根绊了一下。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā bèi shùgēn bàn le yīxià. [Pinyin]

   He stumbled over the root of a tree.

   差點兒絆了我一跤。 [MSC, trad.]
   差点儿绊了我一跤。 [MSC, simp.]

   Chàdiǎnr bàn le wǒ yī jiāo. [Pinyin]

   I tripped and almost fell.

4. to hinder; to restrain

   別讓日常事務把你絆住了。 [MSC, trad.]
   别让日常事务把你绊住了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Bié ràng rìcháng shìwù bǎ nǐ bànzhù le. [Pinyin]

   Don't get yourself bogged down in routine work.

5. ^† (figuratively) trap

References

• “絆”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

絆

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. ties, bonds
2. fetters

Readings

• Go-on: はん (han)
• Kan-on: はん (han)
• Kan’yō-on: ばん (ban)
• Kun: きずな (kizuna, 絆)^{←きづな (kiduna, 絆, historical)}; つなぐ (tsunagu, 絆ぐ); ほだされる (hodasareru, 絆される); ほだす (hodasu, 絆す)

Compounds

Compounds

• 絆創膏(ばんそうこう) (bansōkō, “adhesive bandage, band-aid”)
• 羈絆(きはん) (kihan, “bond; fetter”)
• 脚絆(きゃはん) (kyahan, “gaiters, leggings”)

Etymology 1

絆 (kizuna): bond between people between family or relationship.

Kanji in this term
絆
きずな Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

/kiduna/ → /kid͡zuna/ → /kizuna/

Likely from Old Japanese, first attested in the Wamyō Ruijushō (938 CE).

The final -zuna is definitely from 綱 (tsuna, “rope”), while the initial ki- remains uncertain.

The more positive connotation of "bond" is attested in The Tale of the Heike (c. 1330).

Alternative forms

• 紲, 緤

Noun

絆(きずな) or 絆(キズナ) • (kizuna) ^{←きづな (kiduna)?}

1. a bond (emotional link or connection), tie
   • 1985 August 20, Taeko Watanabe, “第(だい)四十六話(わ)　時(とき)の絆(きずな)　Ⅲ [Chapter 46: The Bond of Time Ⅲ]”, in ファミリー！ [Family!], volume 10 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 183:

     ７年(ねん)後(ご)　キムは16になる　ハービィが望(のぞ)んだように　父(ちち)と娘(むすめ)の絆(きずな)はその時(じ)間(かん)によって清(せい)算(さん)されるのだろうか　そして　その後(のち)　新(あら)たにはじまる時(とき)は　ふたりの間(あいだ)にどんな絆(きずな)を育(はぐく)むのだろう

     Nana-nen go Kimu wa jūroku ni naru Hābyi ga nozonda yō ni chichi to musume no kizuna wa sono jikan ni yotte seisan sareru no darō ka Soshite sono nochi arata ni hajimaru toki wa futari no aida ni donna kizuna o hagukumu no darō

     7 years later, Kim turned 16. The bond between father and daughter faded away with time, just as Harvey had hoped. But then, as time went on, something else also started to blossom in both of them. A different bond.

2. a rope used to bind a horse, for example, as not to get away; a fetter

Proverbs

• 浮(うき)世(よ)の絆(きずな) (ukiyo no kizuna)
• 貧(ひん)は菩提(ぼだい)の種(たね)富(とみ)は輪廻(りんね)の絆(きずな) (hin wa bodai no tane tomi wa rinne no kizuna, literally “poverty is the seed of awakening, wealth is the fetter of rebirth”)

Proper noun

絆(きずな) • (Kizuna) ^{←きづな (kiduna)?}

1. a female given name

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
絆
ほだし Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
絆し

/podasi/ → /fodaɕi/ → /hodaɕi/

From Old Japanese.

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 絆す (hodasu, “to tie something up, such as a horse, as not to get away”).

Noun

絆(ほだし) • (hodashi) 

1. what binds human mind and behavior from freedom; a obstacle to freedom (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)
2. a rope used to bind a horse, for example, as not to get away
3. fetters, shackles

   sometimes shortened to ほだ (hoda).

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
絆
ふもだし Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

⟨pumi₁ podasi⟩ → /pumodasi/ → /fumodaɕi/

Compound of 踏み (fumi), the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 踏む (fumu, “to step, tread”) + 絆 (hodashi, “rope to bind an horse, for example, as not to get away”).

Noun

絆(ふもだし) • (fumodashi) 

1. a rope used to bind a horse's foot, as not to get away; a fetter

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Korean

Hanja

絆 (eum 반 (ban))

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Vietnamese

Han character

絆: Hán Nôm readings: bận

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