# 縛 tie up

糸 (string) + 専 (specialty)
★★☆☆☆
16 strokes
DUPE

## Onyomi

BAKU |

## Mnemonic

| His specialty is tying up nuns with string.He ties their arms behind their BACK.

## Kunyomi

しば*る | To bind something - to tie a string AROUND something - to shackle a prisoner, to tie up a masochist, to put one's hair in a pony tail (BOOBOO: to tie a knot is 結ぶ　（むすぶ））. 1/2 KANA ★★☆☆☆

## Jukugo

束縛(そくばく) する | restrain ★☆☆☆☆ 束 (bundle of sticks) + 縛 (tie up) = 束縛 (restrain) to restrain, to restrict, tie up in red tape.

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
縛 | tie up | STRING | 糸
薄 | weak or thin | WATER | 水
博 | museum　/extensive | TEN | 十

You tie up with STRING,
but WATER is a weak-tasting thing.
Museums are TEN times more extensive than galleries and etc.

## Synonyms

tie up 縛る 束縛 結ぶ 括る