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to tie; bind or fasten together; to kidnap

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

纟 meaning “thread” + 邦 sound ( bāng )

Components 纟邦

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thread + 邦 nation

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
五花大绑	wǔ huā dà bǎng	to bind a person's upper body, with arms tied behind the back and rope looped around the n…
道德绑架	dào dé bǎng jià	to coerce by invoking moral obligations (duty, sacrifice, reciprocation etc); to lay a gui…
绑定	bǎng dìng	(loanword) binding; to bind (e.g. an account to a mobile phone number)
解绑	jiě bǎng	to unbind (e.g. a phone number from an account)
绑带	bǎng dài	bandage; puttee
绑走	bǎng zǒu	to abduct; to kidnap
绑标	bǎng biāo	bid rigging; collusive tendering
松绑	sōng bǎng	to untie; (fig.) to ease restrictions
绑票	bǎng piào	to kidnap (for ransom)
绑住	bǎng zhù	to fasten; to bind
绑架	bǎng jià	to kidnap; to abduct; to hijack; a kidnapping; abduction; staking
绑赴市曹	bǎng fù shì cáo	to bind up and take to the market (idiom); to take a prisoner to the town center for execu…
绑腿	bǎng tuǐ	leg wrappings; puttee; gaiters; leggings
绑扎	bǎng zā	to bind; to wrap up; (computing) binding
绑匪	bǎng fěi	kidnapper
绑桩	bǎng zhuāng	(Tw) to buy off influential people (in an election, a call for tenders etc)
绑缚	bǎng fù	to tie up; to bind; to tether; bondage (BDSM)
捆绑	kǔn bǎng	to bind

Characters sharing the sound component 邦 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
邦 sound part	bāng	country, nation, state
梆	bāng	a watchman's rattle