羈

jī

halter; restrain, hold, control

How to write 羈, stroke by stroke

bridle; halter; to restrain; to detain; to lodge; inn; variant of 羁

Ideographic: A leather 革 halter used to control 罒a horse 馬

Made of 罒 + 革 + 馬

羈絆jī bàntrammels; fetters; yoke; to restrain; to hinder; restraint
羈押jī yāto detain; to take into custody; detention; imprisonment
不羈bù jīunruly; uninhibited
羈留jī liúto stay; to detain
非羈押性fēi jī yā xìngnoncustodial (sentence)
羈旅jī lǚ(literary) to stay long in a place far from home; (literary) person who lives in an alien land
羈宦jī huàn(literary) to serve as a government official far from one's native place
放浪不羈fàng làng bù jīwanton and unrestrained (idiom); dissolute
放蕩不羈fàng dàng bù jīwanton and unrestrained (idiom); dissolute
放誕不羈fàng dàn bù jīwanton and unrestrained (idiom); dissolute
落拓不羈luò tuò bù jī(idiom) unconventional; uninhibited; free-spirited