缚

縛

fù

verb #18,997

Meanings

1 to bind
2 to tie up
3 to fetter
4 to restrain

Characters

to bind; to tie

Examples

他被绳子紧紧缚住，无法动弹。

Tā bèi shéngzi jǐnjǐn fù zhù, wúfǎ dòngtan.

He was tightly bound with rope and could not move.

不要被旧观念束缚，要勇于创新。

Bùyào bèi jiù guānniàn shùfù, yào yǒngyú chuàngxīn.

Don't be shackled by old ideas — dare to innovate.

Tips

usage

缚 is often seen in 束缚 (shùfù, to bind/shackle) and the idiom 作茧自缚 (zuò jiǎn zì fù, 'spinning a cocoon around oneself' — trapped by one's own doing).

Stroke Order

缚 fù