縶
zhí

confine

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttript<r>iprope, tether; bind
Zhengzhangtib

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

絷 zhí confine Simplified

To capture 执 and bind 糸 someone; 执 also provides the pronunciation

Components

执
执 SoundMeaning component
zhí hold in hand
糸
糸 Meaning component
mì, sī silk

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode