Jisho

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7 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
bundle, sheaf, ream, tie in bundles, govern, manage, control
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
918 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 束 【ソク】 lattice, counter for large bundles (e.g. 10 sheafs of rice, 200 sheets of calligraphy paper, 20 whistling arrows, 100 fish), handbreadth (unit for measuring the length of arrows)
  • 束縛 【ソクバク】 restraint, restriction, fetters, yoke, shackles, binding, confinement with rope
  • 結束 【ケッソク】 union, unity, solidarity, bundling, binding, tying, putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)
  • 口約束 【クチヤクソク】 verbal promise, one's word

Kun reading compounds

  • 束 【たば】 bundle, bunch, sheaf
  • 束ねる 【たばねる】 to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters), to bundle, to sheathe, to govern, to manage, to control, to administer, to fold (one's arms), to put together (one's hands)
  • 鍵束 【かぎたば】 bunch of keys
  • 麦束 【むぎたば】 wheat sheaf, stacked wheat
  • 束ねる 【たばねる】 to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters), to bundle, to sheathe, to govern, to manage, to control, to administer, to fold (one's arms), to put together (one's hands)
  • 束 【つか】 strut, short vertical post, thickness (of a book minus the cover, a sheaf of paper, etc.), handbreadth, bundle
  • 束ねる 【たばねる】 to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters), to bundle, to sheathe, to govern, to manage, to control, to administer, to fold (one's arms), to put together (one's hands)
  • 不束 【ふつつか】 inexperienced, incompetent, inept, incapable, careless
  • 矢束 【やつか】 arrow length, bundle of arrows
  • 束ねる 【たばねる】 to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters), to bundle, to sheathe, to govern, to manage, to control, to administer, to fold (one's arms), to put together (one's hands)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shu4
Korean:
sog

Spanish

  • manojo
  • legajo (papeles)
  • haz (leños)
  • gavilla
  • racimo
  • bobina

Portuguese

  • pacote
  • molho
  • feixe
  • amarra em pacotes
  • governar
  • administrar

French

  • fagot
  • gerbe
  • bouquet
  • promesse
  • mettre en liasse
  • rame (papier)
  • gouverner
  • diriger
  • contrôler
561 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
1535 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
998 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
196 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1126 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
620 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
536 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.20 Japanese for Busy People
501 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
510 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
382 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1051 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4369 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2214 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2978 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1680 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14480 Morohashi
3554 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2559 New Nelson (John Haig)
1664 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1793 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
486 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1564 2001 Kanji
0a7.8 The Kanji Dictionary
4-7-3 SKIP code
5090.6 Four corner code
1-34-11 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
675f Unicode hex code

16 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
truss, arrest, bind, tie, restrain
Kun:
しば.る
On:
バク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1764 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 縛 【バク】 tying up, restraint, restriction, arrest
  • 縛する 【バクスル】 to bind, to restrain
  • 呪縛 【ジュバク】 spell (that restricts one's movements), binding spell
  • 繋縛 【ケイバク】 constraint, restraint, restriction, binding

Kun reading compounds

  • 縛る 【しばる】 to tie, to bind, to fasten, to restrict (freedom), to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.), to fetter

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fu2
Korean:
bag

Spanish

  • atar
  • amarrar
  • arrestar
  • refrenar
  • contener

Portuguese

  • atar
  • prender
  • unir
  • amarrar
  • apertar

French

  • ficeler
  • lier
  • attacher
  • arrêts
  • contrainte
1701 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1983 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3593 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1361 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1643 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1448 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1541 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1569 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1555 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1779 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
949 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1282 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1388 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27771X Morohashi
1405 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4567 New Nelson (John Haig)
1376 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1476 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1844 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2748 2001 Kanji
6a10.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-10 SKIP code
2394.6 Four corner code
2394.2 Four corner code
1-39-91 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7e1b Unicode hex code