How to write 梏

梏 [gù] 名 1. 古代拘在罪人两手的刑具。 (Ancient instrument used to restrain the hands of criminals.) 例: 桎梏 (wooden hand-shackles). 引 1. 《说文》：梏，手械也。 (Shuo Wen: "Gù," means hand shackles.) 2. 《吕氏春秋·仲春》：命有司省囹圄，去桎梏。 (Lu Shi Chun Qiu: "Order the officials to reduce prisons by removing shackles.") 3. 在足曰桎，在手曰梏。——《易·蒙》疏 (In foot it is called "zhì," and in hand it is called "gù." — Commentary from "Yi Jing.") 4. 《汉书·范滂传》：甫愍然为之改容，乃得并解桎梏。 (Han Shu: "He changed expression and was able to remove his shackles.") 5. 《周礼·秋官·掌囚》：凡囚者，上罪梏拲(两手关械)而桎，中罪桎梏，下罪梏。 (Zhou Li: "For all prisoners, those with serious crimes have hands shackled, while those with minor crimes have light shackles.") 例 “又如:梏桎 (即桎梏。束缚手足的刑具);梏掠 (用刑拷问);梏拲 (古代刑具，也指械系)” (Other examples: "gù zhì" (referring to shackles. Tools for restraining hands and feet); "gù luè" (torture for interrogation); "gù fā" (ancient torture device, also refers to restraints).) 2. 为了防牛触人而套在牛角上的横木。字本作告。 (A horizontal wood placed on the horns of cattle to prevent them from harming people.) 引 1. 《说文》：告，牛触人，角箸横木，所以告人也。 (Shuo Wen: "Gào," used to refer to preventing cattle from injuring people with wooden bars on the horns.) 动 1. 戴上手铐。也泛指械系，拘系。 (To put on handcuffs. Also used generally for fettering or restraining.) 引 1. 《左传·成公十七年》：执而梏之。 (Zuo Zhuan: "Capture and shackle him.") 2. 清· 方苞《狱中杂记》：主梏扑者亦然。 (Qing Dyn. Fang Bao, "Random Notes in Prison": "The master also shackled those who hit.") 2. 监禁。 (To imprison.) 引 1. 《山海经》：帝乃梏之疏属之山。 (Shan Hai Jing: "The emperor imprisoned them at the Shu Mountain.") 3. 约束，束缚。 (To tie; bind; restrain.) 例 “如:梏亡 (因受束缚而丧失);梏拲 (比喻束缚人的事物)” (For example: "gù wáng" (lost due to being bound); "gù fā" (metaphor for things that restrain people).)