羁绊
jī​bàn

hinder

羁 jī halter Simplified

A leather 革 halter used to control 罒a horse  马

Components

罒
罒 Meaning component
wǎng net or eye
革
革 Meaning component
gé leather
马
马 Meaning component
mǎ horse

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

绊 bàn loop Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 半 represents the sound. Simplified form of 絆.

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

半
半 Sound component
bàn half

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

羈 halter Traditional

A leather 革 halter used to control 罒a horse  馬

Components

罒
罒 Meaning component
wǎng net or eye
革
革 Meaning component
gé leather
馬
馬 Meaning component
mǎ horse

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkjekrajbridle, halter
Zhengzhangkral
Unicodegyɛ

Sources

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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

絆 loop Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 半 represents the sound.

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

半
半 Sound component
bàn half

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangpaːns
Unicodebɑ̀n

說文解字

馬縶也。从糸半聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)