结扎

Traditional form:

結紮

Pinyin (reading):

jiézā

Definitions:

• to tie up
• to bind up
• (medicine) to ligate
• (of a male) to have a vasectomy (ligation of the vasa deferentia)
• (of a female) to have one's tubes tied (tubal ligation)

Characters:

• 结 - knot, tie; to connect, to join
• 扎 - to bind, to wrap; to pierce; to stop

Traditional characters:

• 結 - knot, tie; to connect, to join
• 紮 - to tie, to fasten, to bind