bǎng

to tie

bind or fasten together; to kidnap

thread (纟) + nation sound (邦) = tie and bind

The silk/thread radical (纟) carries the core meaning: binding with cord or rope. 邦 mainly contributes the sound bāng, though remembering 'bonds a nation together' can reinforce the tie imagery.

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NationPhonetic

他把那几根木棍在一起。

tā bǎ nà jǐ gēn mùgùn bǎng zài yīqǐ。

He tied those few wooden sticks together.

坏人把那个孩子走了,警察正在找他们。

huàirén bǎ nà ge háizi bǎng zǒu le,jǐngchá zhèngzài zhǎo tāmen。

The bad people kidnapped that child, and the police are looking for them.

Words with 绑

道德绑架

dào dé bǎng jià

to coerce by invoking moral obligations (duty, sacrifice, reciprocation etc); to lay a guilt trip on sb

松绑

sōng bǎng

to untie

五花大绑

wǔ huā dà bǎng

to bind a person's upper body, with arms tied behind the back and rope looped around the neck

捆绑

kǔn bǎng

to bind

绑住

bǎng zhù

to fasten

绑匪

bǎng fěi

kidnapper

绑定

bǎng dìng

(loanword) binding; to bind (e.g. an account to a mobile phone number)

绑带

bǎng dài

bandage

绑架

bǎng jià

to kidnap

绑桩

bǎng zhuāng

(Tw) to buy off influential people (in an election, a call for tenders etc)

绑标

bǎng biāo

bid rigging

绑票

bǎng piào

to kidnap (for ransom)

More characters with 纟

绿