Amazing Chinese Characters (397) Bind - 束

 The shell bone script of character Bind is

The middle is a wood stick, a big cloth wraps a package around the stick, then bind the package with rope for long distance travel. 

The bronze script of the character is

Similar to the shell bone script except only one binding, not two.

The small seal script of the character is

Similar to bronze script.

The clerical script of the character is

Similar to older scripts.

The song typeface of the character is

束

Similar to older scripts.

Its Pinyin is Shu4.

束 is also a noun, means Bunch.