袒缚
tǎn​fù

surrender

袒 tǎn strip

Phonosemantic compound. 衤 represents the meaning and 旦 represents the sound. Simplified form of 襢.

Components

衤
衤 Meaning component
yī clothes

衤 is a component form of 衣.

旦
旦 Sound component
dàn dawn

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangdaːnʔ
rdeːns

說文解字

衣縫解也。从衣旦聲。

Sources

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

缚 fù to tie Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 尃 represents the sound. Simplified form of 縛.

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

尃
尃 Sound component
fū, bù, fǔ state, announce

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

縛 fù to tie Traditional

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

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

尃
尃 Sound component
fū, bù, fǔ state, announce

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartbjakbakbind (v.)
Zhengzhangbaːɡs
baɡ
Unicodebhiɑk

說文解字

束也。从糸尃聲。

Sources

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