handcuffs

Components
木 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

tree

wood

告 sound component

  Sound component

gào

  

tell

Evolution

梏 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
梏 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
梏 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

handcuffs, manacles, fetters; braces (med.); fetters; manacles

Most common words with 梏
Freq.
Word
Meaning

桎梏

shackles

fetters

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4665th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+688F

Shuowen

“梏,手械也。从木,告聲。”


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