縄 — 15 strokes ／ Radical「糸」
道7Elementary year 4 ／ 15 strokes ／ Radical「糸」
- On
- ジョウ
- Kun
- なわ
- Meaning
- rope; cord; straw rope
Origin
Phonetic-semantic: 糸 (thread) with 黽 for sound; threads twisted together into a rope, hence 'rope'.
Stroke order
Readings and examples
| ジョウ | 縄文・自縄自縛 |
|---|---|
| なわ | 縄・縄張 |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 縄跳びなわとび
jump rope
- 沖縄おきなわ
Okinawa (place name)
Example
校ていで 縄跳びを して あそんだ。
We played jump rope in the schoolyard.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)