Kanji

縛

縛

truss, arrest, bind, tie, restrain

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

16 strokes

Radical

糸部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

バク

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

しばる

Common Readings

バク, しば…る

Example sentences

縛る しばる
古新聞 を ひも で 縛る 。

Tie up the old newspapers with string.

縄 なわ
犯人 は 太い 縄 で しっかり と 縛られていた 。

The criminal was tightly bound with a thick rope.

捕縛 ほばく
容疑者 は 現場 の 近く で 警察 に 捕縛された 。

The suspect was captured by the police near the scene.

束縛 そくばく
彼 は 親 の 束縛 から 逃れたい と 思っている 。

He wants to escape from his parents' restraint.

解放 かいほう
試験 が 終わって 、 ようやく 勉強 の 束縛 から 解放された 。

With the exam over, I was finally released from the shackles of studying.

呪縛 じゅばく
彼 は 過去 の 失敗 という 呪縛 から 逃れられずにいる

He remains unable to escape the curse of his past failures.

縛り付ける しばりつける
犯人 は 柱 に 太い 縄 で 縛り付けられていた 。

The criminal was tied to a pillar with a thick rope.

農奴 のうど
農奴 は 土地 に 縛り付けられていた 。

Serfs were bound to the land.

縛り しばり
この プラン に は 契約 期間 の 縛り が ある 。

This plan has a contract period restriction.

Example Vocabulary

縛る

しばる

to tie; to bind; to restrict

捕縛

ほばく

capture; arrest; seizure

束縛

そくばく

restraint, binding, constraint, shackles

呪縛

じゅばく

spell; binding; curse; obsession

縛り付ける

しばりつける

to tie up; to bind; to restrict

縛り上げる

しばりあげる

縛りつける

しばりつける

金縛り

かなしばり

縛り

しばり

restriction; rule; limit; binding

縛

ばく

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