綁 (bǎng) - Meaning, Stroke Order & Audio

綁

bǎng[bang3]Tone 3

to tie, bind, fasten together, or kidnap

HSK 7

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绑

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English · to tie, bind, fasten together, or kidnap

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Topology:Left-right

Strokes:9

Writing Balance Rule: The left radical (纟) must be narrow and compact to leave enough horizontal breathing room for the right phonetic component (邦).

Simplification Logic: The traditional radical 糹 (silk) is simplified to 纟, reducing the stroke count while preserving the semantic clue.

1. Meaning

to tie or bind

to fasten togetherto kidnap or abduct (e.g., 绑架)

VerbNeutral#action#security#crime

Sample Usage

请把箱子绑在车顶上。
Qǐng bǎ xiāngzi bǎng zài chēdǐng shàng.
Please tie the box onto the roof of the car.
绑架是一项严重的罪行。
Bǎngjià shì yī xiàng yánzhòng de zuìxíng.
Kidnapping is a serious crime.

2. Sound

/[paŋ²¹⁴]/Tone: 214

綁

bǎngbang3

ˇ(214)

=bǎng

Build the syllable

Step-by-step blending

bang

Tone mark placement: Tone mark sits on "a" per main-vowel priority (a > e > o; in -iu/-ui the mark takes the second vowel).

Initial Consonant

Type: Unaspirated Bilabial

Sounds like: b as in 'book'

Unaspirated

Airflow Tactile Test: No burst of air. A tissue in front of lips should stay still.

Tongue & Mouth Position: Lips pressed together firmly and released gently with vocal cord vibration, no burst of air.

Final Rhyme

ang

Vowel Group: -a vowel group

Sounds like: ang rhymes with 'ung' in 'lung' with a broad open 'a' vowel quality

Mouth Shape Guide: Pronounce as standalone vowel 'ahng'.

Common Learner Trap: Keep vowel quality steady across all 4 tone contours.

Tone

T3 (214)

2 → 1 → 4 (214)

3rd Tone (Low-Dipping)

Tone Pitch & Cadence: Tone 3 dips low and rises, similar to saying 'What?' in disbelief.

Sandhi: When followed by another 3rd tone syllable, bǎng changes to a 2nd tone (35).

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Listening trap: Confusing the low dipping Tone 3 with Tone 4, or mishearing the bilabial initial 'b' as 'p'.

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Physical Tone Gesture: Trace a checkmark in the air: dip down from chest level to your stomach and sweep up to shoulder height.

3. Writing

Topology: Left-right · Strokes: 9 strokes

Writing Balance Rule: The left radical (纟) must be narrow and compact to leave enough horizontal breathing room for the right phonetic component (邦).

Simplification Logic: The traditional radical 糹 (silk) is simplified to 纟, reducing the stroke count while preserving the semantic clue.

4. Components

Radical 纟 · Silk Radical (silk, threads, binding, cord)

Semantic Clue (形旁): 纟 (Indicates actions involving threads, cords, tying, or binding.)

Phonetic Clue (声旁): 邦 (original sound: bāng)

A thread or silk cord (纟) used to secure a state or country (邦), evolving into the general meaning of tying or binding something tightly.

纟 silk thread (semantic)
邦 nation/state (phonetic)

Phonetic Family (形声字家族)

4· Phonetic Root: 邦 (bāng)

5. History

Liushu category: Phono-semantic (形声)

Origin: Combining the silk/rope radical (纟) to denote the action of tying, with 邦 (bāng, state/country) providing the phonetic pronunciation.

Semantic Evolution: Originally meant to bind with ropes or cords, later extended to fastening objects together and metaphorically to kidnapping (binding a person).

The phonetic component 邦 originally depicted fields surrounded by a border, representing a territory.

6. Sinosphere

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Kanji (Japanese)

On: ホウ / Kun: shibaru

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Hanja (Korean)

방

Sound Shift Bridge: The nasal ending '-ang' corresponds across Sinitic vocabulary, while the initial 'b' mirrors labial stops in related borrowings.

7. Memory

Vivid Mnemonic Story

Imagine using a silk thread (纟) to tie up a wandering diplomat from another nation (邦) so he cannot escape.

Phonetic Family (形声字家族)

邦

bāngcountry, nation, statePhonetic Core (声旁)

绑

bǎngto tie, bind, fasten together, or kidnap+ 纟 (silk)

梆

bāngwatchman's rattle+ 木 (tree)

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Lookalikes & Traps (形近字)

帮(bāng)

帮 uses the mound/city wall radical (阝), meaning to help or assist, whereas 绑 uses silk (纟) meaning to tie or bind.

8. Mastery

Active Recall Challenge

出門前，請把行李箱好好的[___]在車頂上。

Clue: bǎng

Common Learner Pitfall

Confusing 绑 (bǎng - to tie) with 帮 (bāng - to help) due to their identical phonetic parts.

Memory Prompts

Recognition: When you see 绑, what action does the silk radical (纟) imply?

Production: How do you write the verb meaning 'to tie or kidnap', pronounced bǎng with a 3rd tone?

綁bǎngto tie, bind, fasten together, or kidnap

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