結び付ける
むすびつける · musubitsukeru · JLPT N1 · noun
combine
🔗 結 (knot) + 付ける (attach): to attach by tying a knot, so 'musubi' + 'tsukeru' = tie things together
結び (musubi) means a knot or tie; 付ける (tsukeru) means to attach. Together they mean to tie or join things with a knot, the basic sense of combining.
付 — person radical 亻 + hand 寸
付 originally pictured a hand (寸) reaching out to hand something to a person (亻), depicting the act of giving or delivering. The core sense 'to hand over, deliver, pay' has remained stable since ancient bronze inscriptions. It also serves as a phonetic component in characters like 附, 符, and 府.