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This Kanji represents a bond, as in the bond between mother and daughter, father and son, family ties, or a family bond.
絆 is the kind of character that says, no matter what happens (difficult times), we have this bond that cannot be broken.
If you go to the Japanese dictionary, the definition is the bonds (between people), (emotional) ties, relationship, connection, link, tether, or fetters.
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This Kanji is best if your audience is Japanese. While this is also a Chinese character, it has a completely different meaning in Chinese (it means to hinder or stumble in Chinese).
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a very rare character in Korean Hanja but does mean bond in Korean (used in Korean words for certain kinds of glue and sticking plaster).
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Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your Fetters search...
| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
累 see styles |
lèi lei4 lei rui るい |
tired; weary; to strain; to wear out; to work hard trouble; harmful effect; evil influence; implication; involvement; (female given name) Rui To tie; accumulate; repeatedly; to implicate, involve. |
絆 绊 see styles |
bàn ban4 pan rian りあん |
More info & calligraphy: Bond(1) bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; connection; link; (2) tether; fetters; (female given name) Rian |
枷 see styles |
jiā jia1 chia kase かせ |
cangue (wooden collar like stocks used to restrain and punish criminals in China) (1) shackles; fetters; irons; handcuffs; restraint; constraint; (2) bonds (e.g. family); ties; binding relationship; binding relationships; encumbrance |
桎 see styles |
zhì zhi4 chih |
fetters |
梏 see styles |
gù gu4 ku tegase てがせ tekase てかせ |
braces (med.); fetters; manacles handcuffs |
紲 绁 see styles |
xiè xie4 hsieh setsu せつ |
to tie; to bind; to hold on a leash; rope; cord (1) bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; connection; link; (2) tether; fetters; (given name) Setsu |
釱 see styles |
dì di4 ti |
fetters; to fetter |
銬 铐 see styles |
kào kao4 k`ao kao |
shackles; fetters; manacle |
鐐 镣 see styles |
liào liao4 liao ryou / ryo りょう |
fetters; leg-irons; shackles (personal name) Ryō |
二縛 二缚 see styles |
èr fú er4 fu2 erh fu nibaku |
two kinds of fetters |
僧佉 see styles |
sēng qiā seng1 qia1 seng ch`ia seng chia sōkya |
saṅkhyā, 僧企耶; intp. 數 number, reckon, calculate; Saṅkhyā, 'one of the great divisions of Hindu philosophy ascribed to the sage Kapila, and so called as 'reckoning up' or 'enumerating' twenty-five Tattvas or true principles, its object being to effect the final liberation of the twenty-fifth (Purusha, the Soul) from the fetters of the phenomenal creation by conveying the correct knowledge of the twenty-four other Tattvas, and rightly discriminating the soul from them.' M.W. Cf. 迦 and 數. |
八纏 八缠 see styles |
bā chán ba1 chan2 pa ch`an pa chan hachiden |
The eight entanglements, or evils: to be without shame; without a blush; envious; mean; unregretful; sleepy (or indolent); ambitious; stupid (or depressed). |
十結 十结 see styles |
shí jié shi2 jie2 shih chieh jūketsu |
ten fetters |
四縛 四缚 see styles |
sì fú si4 fu2 ssu fu shibaku |
The four bandhana, or bonds are (1) desire, resentment, heretical morality, egoism; or (2) desire, possession (or existence), ignorance, and unenlightened views. |
四軛 四轭 see styles |
sì è si4 e4 ssu o shi aku |
The four yokes, or fetters, i. e. 欲 desire, 有 possessions and existence, 見 (unenlightened or non-Buddhist) views, 無明 ignorance. |
慧縛 慧缚 see styles |
huì fú hui4 fu2 hui fu ebaku |
The bond of ignorance and stupidity which fetters wisdom. |
束縛 束缚 see styles |
shù fù shu4 fu4 shu fu sokubaku そくばく |
to bind; to tie up; to fetter; to shackle (noun, transitive verb) (1) restraint; restriction; fetters; yoke; shackles; (noun, transitive verb) (2) (orig. meaning) binding; confinement with rope to be fettered |
枷銷 枷销 see styles |
jiā xiāo jia1 xiao1 chia hsiao |
yoke; chains; shackles; fetters |
枷鎖 枷锁 see styles |
jiā suǒ jia1 suo3 chia so kesa |
stocks and chain; in fetters a pillory and chains |
桎梏 see styles |
zhì gù zhi4 gu4 chih ku shikkoku しっこく |
(literary) shackles bonds; fetters |
梏桎 see styles |
kokushitsu こくしつ |
(rare) (See 桎梏) fetters; bonds |
業繫 业系 see styles |
yè xì ye4 xi4 yeh hsi gō ke |
Karma-bonds; karma-fetters. |
禁錮 禁锢 see styles |
jìn gù jin4 gu4 chin ku kinko きんこ |
to confine; to imprison; prohibition; shackles; fetters (noun/participle) imprisonment; confinement |
網羅 网罗 see styles |
wǎng luó wang3 luo2 wang lo mōra もうら |
net for fishing or bird catching; (fig.) fetters; to snare (a valuable new team member etc); to bring together under the one umbrella (noun/participle) comprising; including; covering; encompassing; comprehending net |
縄目 see styles |
nawame なわめ |
(1) knot (in rope, etc.); bonds; fetters; (2) arrest; (3) rope impressions (on the surface of pottery) |
繋縛 繋缚 see styles |
xì fú xi4 fu2 hsi fu keibaku / kebaku けいばく |
(noun, transitive verb) (form) constraint; restraint; restriction; binding fetters |
繩目 see styles |
nawame なわめ |
(out-dated kanji) (1) knot (in rope, etc.); bonds; fetters; (2) arrest; (3) rope impressions (on the surface of pottery) |
羈束 see styles |
kisoku きそく |
(noun/participle) fetters; shackles; restraints |
羈絆 羁绊 see styles |
jī bàn ji1 ban4 chi pan kihan きはん |
trammels; fetters; yoke; to restrain; to hinder; restraint fetters; shackles; restraints; bond; connection |
腳鐐 脚镣 see styles |
jiǎo liào jiao3 liao4 chiao liao |
fetters; leg-irons |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Fetters | 費特斯 费特斯 | fèi tè sī fei4 te4 si1 fei te si feitesi | fei t`e ssu feitessu fei te ssu |
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| Fetters | フェッターズ | fettaazu / fettazu | ||
| Bond | 絆 绊 | kizuna | bàn / ban4 / ban | pan |
| In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. | ||||
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