Translingual

Han character

絆 (radical 120 糸+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 女火火手 (VFFQ), four-corner 2995₀)

1. loop, catch
2. fetter, shackle

References

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

Chinese

Glyph origin

Pronunciation

Definitions

絆

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Compounds

References

• (Cantonese) Multi-function Chinese Character Database (漢語多功能字庫)

Japanese

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• Goon: はん (han)
• Kan’on: はん (han)
• Kan’yōon: ばん (ban)
• Kun: きずな (kizuna), つなぐ (tsunagu)

Noun

絆 (kizuna): bond between people between family or relationship.

絆 ‎(hiragana きずな, romaji kizuna)

1. bond between people (relationship e.g. of mutual loyalty)
2. fetter

Alternative forms

• 紲

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) きずな [kìzúná] (Heiban - [0])^[1]
• (Tokyo) き​ずな [kíꜜzùnà] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [kʲizɯ̃ᵝna̠]

References

1. 1 2 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Hanja

絆 • ‎(ban) (hangeul 반, revised ban, McCune-Reischauer pan, Yale pan)

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