束

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to bind; bunch; bundle; classifier for bunches, bundles, beams of light etc; to control

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Formation & memory

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

Lumber 木 bound by rope 口

Components 木口

bundle up · Heisig RSH #1286

木 tree + 口 mouth — as a component also called: bundle

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
电子束	diàn zǐ shù	beam of electrons
束身内衣	shù shēn nèi yī	corset
法律约束力	fǎ lǜ yuē shù lì	legal force (i.e. binding in law)
束线带	shù xiàn dài	cable tie
结束语	jié shù yǔ	concluding remarks
约束力	yuē shù lì	(of a contract) binding (law)
木骨都束	Mù gǔ dū shù	Chinese name for African kingdom in Somalia, cf Mogadishu 摩加迪沙
维管束植物	wéi guǎn shù zhí wù	vascular plants; tracheophytes (botany)
束手待死	shù shǒu dài sǐ	hands tied and expecting the worst
维管束	wéi guǎn shù	vascular bundle (botany)
行将结束	xíng jiāng jié shù	approaching the end; about to conclude
约束条件	yuē shù tiáo jiàn	restrictive condition; constraint
束手无策	shù shǒu wú cè	lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helples…
受约束	shòu yuē shù	restricted; constrained
案兵束甲	àn bīng shù jiǎ	to rest weapons and loosen armor (idiom); to relax from fighting
花束	huā shù	bouquet
束手	shù shǒu	to have one's hands tied; helpless; unable to do anything about it
束发	shù fà	to tie up one's hair; (literary) (of a boy) to be in one's adolescence (in ancient China, …
多束	duō shù	multibeam (e.g. laser)
光束	guāng shù	light beam

These characters use 束 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
束 sound part	shù	to bind, to control, to restrain; bale
速	sù	prompt, quick, speedy
辣	là	pepper; hot, spicy; cruel
剌	là	to slash, to cut in two; to contradict
悚	sǒng	scared, frightened
敕	chì	an imperial order or decree
觫	sù	to start, to tremble with fear
欶	shuò	to suck, to drink
涑	sù	a river in Shansi province