Memory phrase for the character: 束

束

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Meaning

bundle, to bind, bunch

Pronunciation

 shù

Explanation

 In the background a tree 木, in front an embracement 口. - The tree 木 stands for many plants 禾, which are bound/lashed with with a ribbon 口 (cf.: double 兼)

Mnemonic
 
"Trees" bound by a ribbon make a bundle.

Radicals

束 bundleThe tree 木 stands for many plants (sheafs of rice), which are bound/lashed with a ribbon 口 (cf. 兼) to form a bundle.
木 tree
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 Vocabulary

结束 jié shù  termination; to finish; to end; to conclude; to close
约束 yuē shù  to restrict; to limit to; to constrain; restriction; constraint
束缚 shù fù  to bind; to restrict; to tie; to commit; fetters
拘束 jū shù  to restrict; to restrain; constrained; awkward; ill at ease; uncomfortable; reticent
束手待毙 shù shǒu dài bì  hands tied and waiting for death (idiom)
束手就擒 shù shǒu jiù qín  hands tied and waiting to be captured
束手就擒 shù shǒu jiù qín  

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