tie

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
糹 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

silk

is a component form of .

帝 sound component

  Sound component

  

supreme ruler

Evolution

締 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
締 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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tie, join, connect; connection; closely joined; knot

Most common words with 締
Freq.
Word
Meaning

取缔

to suppress

缔造

to found

缔结

to conclude (an agreement)

缔造者

founder

knot