縛 truss, arrest, bind, tie, restrain 16 strokes jōyō, taught in secondary school old JLPT 1 #1764 in newspapers Readings Onバク Kunしば.る In Chinese 缚, traditional 縛 Words written with it 縛る しばる to tie N2 縛り首 しばりくび (death by) hanging 束縛 そくばく restraint N1 呪縛 じゅばく spell (that restricts one's movements) 金縛り かなしばり binding hand and foot