縛

See also: 缚

縛	U+7E1B, 縛 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7E1B

← 縚
[U+7E1A]

CJK Unified Ideographs

縜 →
[U+7E1C]

Translingual

Han character

縛 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 女火戈月戈 (VFIBI), four-corner 2394₂, composition ⿰糹尃)

Derived characters

嚩, 𮒴

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 934, character 10
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27771
Dae Jaweon: page 1372, character 34
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3434, character 13
Unihan data for U+7E1B

Chinese

trad.		縛
simp.		缚

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
豧	pʰoːs, pʰa, *pʰas
縛	baːɡs, baɡ
逋	*paː
餔	paː, baːs
晡	*paː
庯	*paː
陠	paː, pʰaː
鵏	paː, baːs
峬	*paː
誧	paː, pʰaː, pʰaːʔ, pʰaːs
秿	paː, pʰa, *baʔ
鯆	paː, pʰaː, *paʔ
補	*paːʔ
圃	paːʔ, paːs
鋪	pʰaː, pʰaːs, *pʰa
痡	pʰaː, pʰa
浦	*pʰaːʔ
烳	*pʰaːʔ
溥	pʰaːʔ, paːɡ
悑	*pʰaːs
酺	*baː
匍	*baː
蜅	baː, paʔ
脯	baː, paʔ
葡	*baː
蒱	*baː
蒲	*baː
簿	baːʔ, baːɡ
捕	*baːs
哺	*baːs
簠	pa, paʔ, *pʰas
甫	*paʔ
黼	*paʔ
莆	*paʔ
俌	paʔ, pʰaʔ
郙	paʔ, pʰa
傅	*paɡs
搏	paɡs, paːɡ, *pʰaːɡ
麱	*pʰa
尃	*pʰa
榑	*ba
輔	*baʔ
鬴	*baʔ
賻	*baɡs
博	*paːɡ
髆	*paːɡ
鎛	*paːɡ
猼	*paːɡ
餺	*paːɡ
簙	*paːɡ
鑮	paːɡ, baːɡ
欂	paːɡ, baɡ, *breːɡ
蒪	*pʰaːɡ
膊	*pʰaːɡ
薄	*baːɡ
礡	*baːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *baːɡs, *baɡ): semantic 糸 (“rope”) + phonetic 尃 (OC *pʰa).

Etymology

Austroasiatic. Compare Khmer ប៉ាក់ (pak, “to embroider”), Mon ဗိုက် (“to put around esp. lower half of body”), Temiar bəg (“to bind”) (Schuessler, 2007). Alternatively, note Thai ผูก (pùuk, “to tie; to bind”) and Vietnamese buộc (“to tie; to bind”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fù, fú

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˋ, ㄈㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bok³ / bok⁶ / fok³ / fok⁶
Northern Min (KCR): bŏ̤
Eastern Min (BUC): buŏh
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): pa̍k / po̍k / ho̍k

(Teochew, Peng'im): bag⁸
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸boq; ⁸voq

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fù
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fù
  - Wade–Giles: fu⁴
  - Yale: fù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuh
  - Palladius: фу (fu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fú
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fú
  - Wade–Giles: fu²
  - Yale: fú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwu
  - Palladius: фу (fu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: bok³ / bok⁶ / fok³ / fok⁶
  - Yale: bok / bohk / fok / fohk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bok⁸ / bok⁹ / fok⁸ / fok⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bog³ / bog⁶ / fog³ / fog⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔːk̚³/, /pɔːk̚²/, /fɔːk̚³/, /fɔːk̚²/

Note: bok6, fok3, fok6 - variants (rare).

Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bŏ̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔ²⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: buŏh
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puoʔ⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pa̍k
  - Tâi-lô: pa̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pak
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pak̚⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /pak̚¹²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /pak̚²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: po̍k
  - Tâi-lô: po̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pok
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /pɔk̚⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔk̚²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɔk̚¹²¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ho̍k
  - Tâi-lô: ho̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hok
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔk̚²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /hɔk̚⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔk̚¹²¹/

Note:

pa̍k - vernacular (“to tie up; to weave; feeling tight; classifier; to take on a contract; to wrap; to rent”);
po̍k/ho̍k - literary.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: bag⁸
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pa̍k
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /pak̚⁴/

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁸boq; ⁸voq
  - MiniDict: boh^入; voh^入
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵boq; ⁵voq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /boʔ¹²/, /voʔ¹²/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 縛
Mandarin	Beijing	/fu⁵¹/
	Harbin	/fu²⁴/
	Tianjin	/fu⁵³/
	Jinan	/fə⁴²/
	Qingdao	/fu⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/fu³¹²/
	Xi'an	/fo²⁴/
	Xining	/fv̩²⁴/
	Yinchuan	/fu⁵³/ /fu¹³/
	Lanzhou	/fə⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/fu²¹³/
	Wuhan	/fu⁴²/
	Chengdu	/po³¹/ /fu¹³/
	Guiyang	/po²¹/
	Kunming	/fu²¹²/
	Nanjing	/fu⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/fəʔ⁵/ /pɐʔ⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/fəʔ⁵⁴/
	Pingyao	/xuʌʔ⁵³/
	Hohhot	/fəʔ⁴³/
Wu	Shanghai	/boʔ¹/ /voʔ¹/
	Suzhou	/voʔ³/
	Hangzhou	/boʔ²/
	Wenzhou	/ɦo²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/fuʔ²¹/ /pɔʔ²¹/
Hui	Tunxi
Xiang	Changsha	/po²⁴/ /xo⁵⁵/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/ho⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang
Hakka	Meixian	/pʰiok̚⁵/
Hakka	Taoyuan
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/pɔk̚³/
	Nanning	/pɔk̚³³/
	Hong Kong	/pɔk̚³/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/hɔk̚⁵/ /pak̚⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/puoʔ⁵/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/pɔ²⁴/ /pu⁴⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/pak̚⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/ʔbak̚³/

Middle Chinese: baH, bjak

Rime
Character	縛	縛
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)	藥 (108)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	符臥切	符钁切
Baxter	baH	bjak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/buɑ^H/	/bʉɐk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/buɑ^H/	/bʷiɐk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/buɑ^H/	/biuɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bwa^H/	/buak̚/
Li Rong	/buɑ^H/	/biuak̚/
Wang Li	/buɑ^H/	/bĭak̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱuɑ^H/	/bʱiwak̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bò	fó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bo⁶	fok⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*bak/

(Zhengzhang): /*baːɡs/, /*baɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	縛
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	fù
Middle Chinese	‹ bjak ›
Old Chinese	/*bak/
English	bind (v.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	縛	縛
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	3409	3493
Phonetic component	甫	甫
Rime group	暮	鐸
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	縛	縛
Old Chinese	/*baːɡs/	/*baɡ/

Definitions

縛

to tie up; to bind; to truss
(Hokkien) to weave from bamboo strips (tools, utensils, etc.)
(Hokkien) feeling tight when worn (of clothes)
(Hokkien) Classifier for bundled items.
(Mainland China Hokkien) to take on a contract; to undertake (a job, construction project, etc.)
(Mainland China Hokkien) to wrap; to bind up
(Xiamen Hokkien) to rent; to lease
a surname

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 捆 (“to tie up; to bind”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		束, 縛
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		捆
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	捆
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	綁
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	捆
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	捆
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	捆, 綁
	Wuhan	捆
	Guilin	捆
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	捆
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	捆
Cantonese	Guangzhou	綁, 紮
	Hong Kong	綁, 紮
	Yangjiang	綁, 紮, 縛
Hakka	Meixian	綁, 捆, 䌈
Jin	Taiyuan	捆
Northern Min	Jian'ou	捆
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	捆, 縛
Southern Min	Xiamen	縛, 捆
	Quanzhou	縛
	Jinjiang	縛
	Zhangzhou	縛
	Manila (Hokkien)	縛
	Chaozhou	捆, 縛
Wu	Suzhou	縛
Wu	Wenzhou	捆, 縛
Xiang	Changsha	捆
Xiang	Shuangfeng	捆, 縛

(to wrap):

edit

包
包紮 / 包扎
包裹 (bāoguǒ)
拍結毬 / 拍结球 (Min Nan)
捆紮
結紮 / 结扎
綁 / 绑 (bǎng)
綁紮 / 绑扎
經纏 / 经缠 (Min Nan)
纏綁 / 缠绑 (chánbǎng)
纏繞 / 缠绕 (chánrào)
裹 (guǒ)

(to rent):

edit

佃 (diàn) (dialectal)
僱 / 雇 (gù)
承租 (chéngzū)
租 (zū)
租用 (zūyòng)

(classifier for bundled items): 捆 (kǔn)

Compounds

Japanese

Shinjitai	縛
Kyūjitai ^[1]	縛󠄁 縛+`󠄁`^? (Adobe-Japan1)
	縛󠄃 縛+`󠄃`^? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

縛

(Jōyō kanji)

to tie, to bind

Readings

Go-on: ばく (baku, Jōyō)
Kan-on: はく (haku)
Kun: しばる (shibaru, 縛る, Jōyō)、いましめる (imashimeru, 縛める)

Compounds

縛師(ばくし) (bakushi)
緊縛(きんばく) (kinbaku)
呪縛(じゅばく) (jubaku)
束縛(そくばく) (sokubaku)

References

^ Haga, Gōtarō (1914), 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 1677 (paper), page 890 (digital)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 縛 (MC bjak).

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

縛

縛 (eumhun 묶을 박 (mukkeul bak))

hanja form^? of 박 (“tie”)

Compounds

겁박 (劫縛, geopbak, “threat; blackmail”)
결박 (結縛, gyeolbak, “binding”)
구박 (毆縛, gubak, “hit”)
속박 (束縛, sokbak, “restraint, shackles”)
자승자박 (自繩自縛, jaseungjabak)
포박 (捕縛, pobak, “apprehension”)

References

국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

Vietnamese

Han character

縛: Hán Nôm readings: phược, phọc, phước

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[1] Haga, Gōtarō (1914), 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 1677 (paper), page 890 (digital)

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