to tie

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
纟 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

silk

is a component form of .

尃 sound component

  Sound component

  

state, announce

Evolution

缚 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
缚 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
缚 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
缚 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

to tie; to bind; Taiwan pr. [fú]

Most common words with 缚
Freq.
Word
Meaning

束缚

to bind

to bind

作茧自缚

hoist by his own petard

手无缚鸡之力

fig. weak

绑缚

to tie up