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Glyph origin
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Definitions

 * 1)  fetter; shackle
 * 2)  to fetter; to shackle
 * 3) to trip; to stumble
 * 4) to hinder; to restrain
 * 5)   trap
 * 6)  to be annoying
 * 1) to hinder; to restrain
 * 2)   trap
 * 3)  to be annoying
 * 1)  to be annoying

Kanji

 * 1) ties, bonds
 * 2) fetters

Etymology 1


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Likely from, first attested in the  (938 ).

The final -zuna is definitely from, while the initial ki- remains uncertain.

The more positive connotation of "bond" is attested in  (c. 1330).

Noun

 * 1) a bond (emotional link or connection), tie
 * 2) a rope used to bind a horse, for example, as not to get away; a fetter
 * 1) a rope used to bind a horse, for example, as not to get away; a fetter
 * 1) a rope used to bind a horse, for example, as not to get away; a fetter

Etymology 2
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From.

The of verb.

Noun

 * 1) what binds human mind and behavior from freedom; an obstacle to freedom
 * 2) a rope used to bind a horse, for example, as not to get away
 * 3) fetters, shackles

Etymology 3
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Compound of, the of verb  +.

Noun

 * 1) a rope used to bind a horse's foot, as not to get away; a fetter

Etymology
From.