This logogram is of ideographic origin and it was designed to evoke:

To capture 执 and bind 糸 someone; 执 also provides the pronunciation

  • 絷 to tie up, to shackle; to imprison, to confine zhí
    • 执 to execute; to grasp, to hold; to keep; to sieze, to detain zhí
      • 扌 hand shǒu
      • 丸 ball, pebble, pellet, pill wán
    • 糸 silk; thread mì
      • 幺 one; tiny, small yāo
      • 小 small, tiny, insignificant xiǎo

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