(bound form) to link; to join; to relate to

(bound form) a group of related things that form a whole; series; family

(literary) to bind; to fasten; to hitch; to tie; to button up; to do up a knot or lace

an administrative unit within a college or university organized by academic discipline; faculty

to lower or haul something up using a rope

(geology) a chronostratigraphic unit of rocks formed during a period of geological time, ranking below an erathem and above a series

a Chinese surname

(literary) to succeed; to inherit; to carry on (a lineage)

(bound form) to be concerned about; to feel anxious; to have something on one's mind

(literary) to arrest; to imprison; to take into custody

Used in formal or literary writing to identify something or someone as being a certain thing; equivalent to 是 shì.