铐
銬kào
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shackles, fetters, manacle
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
铐 uses 钅 metal to point to handcuffs, the first meaning. 考 kǎo supplies the sound. The sense then widened from handcuffs to shackles and fetters.
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