Definitions

zhí to tie up, to shackle; to imprison, to confine

Etymology

To capture  and bind  someone;  also provides the pronunciation

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Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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