U+7E43 "繃" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
U+7E43 "繃" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese and Japanese kanji character that represents the concept of binding, wrapping, or tying tightly, such as with a bandage or cord. In modern usage, it often appears in compound words related to stretching or tightening, including contexts like medical bandaging or the physical tension of a stretched object. The character is composed of the silk radical on the left, which hints at its material and textile associations, and a phonetic component on the right that contributes to its pronunciation, typically read as "bēng" in Mandarin Chinese and "kizuna" or "ho" in certain Japanese readings. As part of the CJK unified ideographs block, it is shared across multiple East Asian writing systems, allowing for cross-linguistic text rendering in digital environments.