Chinese symbol for “bondage”
捆缚
kǔn fù
Traditional: 捆縛
bondage
The closest CC-CEDICT match for bondage is 捆缚 (kǔn fù), defined as: bondage.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “bondage”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 捆缚.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 捆绑 (捆綁) | kǔn bǎng | to bind |
| 捆扎 (捆紮) | kǔn zā | to bundle up with rope (e.g. firewood); to secure with rope (e.g. suitcases on the roof of a car) |
| 束缚 (束縛) | shù fù | to bind; to tie up; to fetter; to shackle |
| 作茧自缚 (作繭自縛) | zuò jiǎn zì fù | to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising; hoist by his own petard |
| 绑缚 (綁縛) | bǎng fù | to tie up; to bind |
| 缚鸡之力 (縛雞之力) | fù jī zhī lì | (lit.) the strength to truss a chicken (idiom); (fig.) slight physical strength |
| 吊坠缚 (吊墜縛) | diào zhuì fù | strappado bondage |
See also: Japanese symbol for “bondage”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.