絆 (Kangxi radical 120,糸+5, 11 strokes,cangjie input女火火手 (VFFQ),four-corner2995₀,composition⿰糹半)

• Kangxi Dictionary:page 921, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27376
• Dae Jaweon: page 1354, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3386, character 1
• Unihan data for U+7D46

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声,OC*paːns): semantic 糸(“silk”) + phonetic 半(OC*paːns).

絆

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese)fetter;shackle
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) tofetter; toshackle
3. totrip; tostumble

   絆手絆腳／绊手绊脚  ― bànshǒubànjiǎo  ―  to be in the way; to be a hindrance

   他被樹根絆了一下。[MSC,trad.]
   他被树根绊了一下。[MSC,simp.]

   Tā bèi shùgēnbàn le yīxià.[Pinyin]

   Hestumbled over the root of a tree.

   差點兒絆了我一跤。[MSC,trad.]
   差点儿绊了我一跤。[MSC,simp.]

   Chàdiǎnrbàn le wǒ yī jiāo.[Pinyin]

   Itripped and almost fell.

4. tohinder; torestrain

   別讓日常事務把你絆住了。[MSC,trad.]
   别让日常事务把你绊住了。[MSC,simp.]

   Bié ràng rìcháng shìwù bǎ nǐbànzhù le.[Pinyin]

   Don't get yourselfbogged down in routine work.

5. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, figuratively)trap
6. (Eastern Min) to beannoying

   者儂野絆[Eastern Min,trad.]
   者侬野绊[Eastern Min,simp.]

   ciā nè̤ng iā buáng /[t͡sia³³ nˡøyŋ⁵³ ia³³ puɑŋ²¹³][Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA]

   This person is reallyannoying

• “絆”, in漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1],香港中文大學 (theChinese University of Hong Kong),2014–

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. ties,bonds
2. fetters

• Go-on:はん(han)
• Kan-on:はん(han)
• Kan’yō-on:ばん(ban)
• Kun:きずな(kizuna,絆)^{←きづな(kiduna,絆,historical)}、つなぐ(tsunagu,絆ぐ)、ほだされる(hodasareru,絆される)、ほだす(hodasu,絆す)

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Kizuna

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/kiduna/ →/kid͡zuna/ →/kizuna/

Likely fromOld Japanese, first attested in theWamyō Ruijushō (938CE).

The final-zuna is definitely from綱(tsuna,“rope”), while the initialki- remains uncertain.

The more positive connotation of "bond" is attested inThe Tale of the Heike (c. 1330).

• (Tokyo)きずな[kìzúná] (Heiban – [0])^[1][2]
• (Tokyo)きずな[kíꜜzùnà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]
• IPA^(key): [kʲizɨna̠]

絆(きずな)or絆(キズナ)• (kizuna) ^{←きづな(kiduna)?}

1. abond (emotionallink orconnection),tie
   • 1985 August 20,Taeko Watanabe, “第(だい)四十六話(わ)　時(とき)の絆(きずな)　Ⅲ [Chapter 46: The Bond of Time Ⅲ]”, inファミリー！ [Family!], volume10 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan,→ISBN, page183:

     ７年(ねん)後(ご)　キムは16になる　ハービィが望(のぞ)んだように　父(ちち)と娘(むすめ)の絆(きずな)はその時(じ)間(かん)によって清(せい)算(さん)されるのだろうか　そして　その後(のち)　新(あら)たにはじまる時(とき)は　ふたりの間(あいだ)にどんな絆(きずな)を育(はぐく)むのだろう

     Nana-nen go Kimu wa jūroku ni naru Hābyi ga nozonda yō ni chichi to musume nokizuna wa sono jikan ni yotte seisan sareru no darō ka Soshite sono nochi arata ni hajimaru toki wa futari no aida ni donnakizuna o hagukumu no darō

     7 years later, Kim turned 16. Thebond between father and daughter faded away with time, just as Harvey had hoped. But then, as time went on, something else also started to blossom in both of them. A differentbond.

2. arope used tobind ahorse, for example, as not toget away; afetter

• 浮(うき)世(よ)の絆(きずな)(ukiyo no kizuna)
• 貧(ひん)は菩提(ぼだい)の種(たね)富(とみ)は輪廻(りんね)の絆(きずな)(hin wa bodai no tane tomi wa rinne no kizuna, literally“poverty is the seed of awakening, wealth is the fetter of rebirth”)

絆(きずな)• (Kizuna) ^{←きづな(Kiduna)?}

1. a femalegiven name

/podasi/ →/fodaɕi/ →/hodaɕi/

FromOld Japanese.

The連用形(ren'yōkei,“stem or continuative form”) of verb絆す(hodasu,“totie something up, such as ahorse, as not toget away”).^[1]

• (Tokyo)ほだし[hòdáshí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• (Tokyo)ほだし[hòdáshíꜜ] (Odaka – [3])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ho̞da̠ɕi]

絆(ほだし)• (hodashi) 

1. whatbindshumanmind andbehavior fromfreedom; anobstacle to freedom(Can weverify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)
2. arope used tobind ahorse, for example, as not toget away
3. fetters,shackles

   Alternative form:ほだ(hoda)

⟨pumi₁ podasi⟩ →/pumodasi/ →/fumodaɕi/

Compound of踏み(fumi), the連用形(ren'yōkei,“stem or continuative form”) of verb踏む(fumu,“tostep,tread”) +絆(hodashi,“rope tobind ahorse, for example, as not toget away”).

• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟mo̞da̠ɕi]

絆(ふもだし)• (fumodashi) 

1. arope used tobind ahorse'sfoot, as not toget away; afetter

FromMiddle Chinese絆 (MC panH).

絆 (eumhun얽어맬반(eolgeomael ban))

1. hanja form^? of반(“bond”)

• 반창고 (絆瘡膏,banchanggo, “band-aid”)

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary,전자사전／電子字典.[2]

絆:Hán Nôm readings:bận

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