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縄

縄 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. なわ。
  2. すみなわ。
  3. （語義2から）規準。
  4. つぐ、つなぐ。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

「繩」の略体。「繩」については繩#字源の項目を参照。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

straw rope, cord

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ジョウJHS
Kun (native)
  • なわElem.
  • ただ(す)
Other languages
  • 拼音sheng2
  • 한글seung
  • Hán-ViệtMẫn
  • Hán-ViệtThằng

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
15 strokes
Radical
糸(いと)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+7E04

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰糸⿻[1:]乚昌

Words using this kanji

  • 縄文じょうもん縄の模様。 縄の模様を特徴とする古代日本の土器の様式。またそれに特徴づけられる時代。straw-rope pattern pressed into earthenware, Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)
  • 縄張りなわばりstretching a rope around, roping off, cordoning off, demarcation
  • 縄なわ（なわ）藁、麻、棕櫚の毛、化学繊維など細い繊維をより合わせたもの、物を縛るのに用いる。ロープ。rope, cord, policeman's rope
  • 縄跳びなわとびなわとび 参照skipping rope, jump rope, skipping, rope-jumping
  • 縄墨じょうぼく建築で使用するすみなわ。 規準。規則。standard, inked timber marking string
  • 縄尻なわじりend of a rope
  • 縄目なわめknot (in rope, etc.), bonds, fetters, arrest
  • 縄手なわてなわてを参照。footpath between rice fields
  • 縄師なわしrope artist (in sexual bondage)
  • 縄鏢じょうひょうrope dart, rope javelin
  • 縄付きなわつきcriminal (bound by ropes), prisoner in bonds, being bound by ropes
  • 縄抜けなわぬけslipping one's bonds, escaping, flight
  • 縄梯子なわばしごrope ladder
  • 縄編みなわあみcable stitch
  • 縄文字なわもじquipu, khipu, talking knots
  • 縄文人じょうもんじん縄文時代に日本列島に暮らしていた人々。Jōmon people
  • 縄文時代じょうもんじだい日本において、縄文土器の使用を特徴とし、狩猟採集などを中心に生活していた時代。旧石器時代の後。弥生時代の前。Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)
  • 縄のれんなわのれんrope curtain, bar, pub
  • 縄編み針なわあみばりcable needle (knitting)
  • 縄ベッドなわベッドcharpai (woven bed), charpai bed, charpoy

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Variants

Lookup codes

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