U+7ECA "绊" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+7ECA "绊" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "to stumble" or "to trip" and by extension "to hinder" or "to cause an obstacle." Composed of the radical 纟 (silk) on the left and the phonetic component 半 (half) on the right, it is used in words such as 绊脚石 (bànjiǎoshí, stumbling block) and 羁绊 (jībàn, fetters or restraint). In modern usage, it often conveys the idea of being physically tripped up or metaphorically bound or impeded in progress.