Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1764 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 16

Meaning: truss, arrest, bind, tie, restrain

Kunyomi: しば.る

Onyomi: バク

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: silk

Examples

Onyomi Examples

バク tying up, restraint, restriction, arrest

する バクスル to bind, to restrain

ジュバク spell (that restricts one's movements), binding spell

ケイバク constraint, restraint

Kunyomi Examples

しばる to tie, to bind, to fasten, to restrict (freedom), to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.), to fetter