缚 fù to tie
to tie; to bind
怎么记住“缚”: 纟 silk + 尃 to announce = to tie. The shop owner wraps strong silk cord around the parcel while her son runs to announce the post van, and she hurries to tie the last knot.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
缚 = 纟 silk + 尃 to announce
- 纟 silk meaning
- 尃 to announce sound
The shop owner wraps strong silk cord around the parcel while her son runs to announce the post van, and she hurries to tie the last knot.
How it came to be
Silk gives the meaning and the right part the sound.
用法
- To tie/bind, chiefly 束缚 (shùfù): to bind/fetter/restrain: 摆脱束缚 (bǎituō shùfù) to break free of constraints, 思想束缚 (sīxiǎng shùfù) mental shackles.
- 作茧自缚 (zuòjiǎn-zìfù), spinning a cocoon to trap oneself, means to get caught in one's own trap; 手无缚鸡之力 means physically weak.