羁

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bridle; halter; to restrain; to detain; to lodge; inn

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

A leather 革 halter used to control 罒a horse 马

Components 罒革马

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
放浪不羁	fàng làng bù jī	wanton and unrestrained (idiom); dissolute
放荡不羁	fàng dàng bù jī	wanton and unrestrained (idiom); dissolute
放诞不羁	fàng dàn bù jī	wanton and unrestrained (idiom); dissolute
非羁押性	fēi jī yā xìng	noncustodial (sentence)
落拓不羁	luò tuò bù jī	(idiom) unconventional; uninhibited; free-spirited
不羁	bù jī	unruly; uninhibited
羁留	jī liú	to stay; to detain
羁旅	jī lǚ	(literary) to stay long in a place far from home; (literary) person who lives in an alien …
羁押	jī yā	to detain; to take into custody; detention; imprisonment
羁宦	jī huàn	(literary) to serve as a government official far from one's native place
羁绊	jī bàn	trammels; fetters; yoke; to restrain; to hinder; restraint