縄 — 15 strokes ／ Radical「糸」
道7Elementary year 4 ／ 15 strokes ／ Radical「糸」
- On
- ジョウじょう · jō
- Kun
- なわnawa
- Meaning
- rope; cord; straw rope
Stroke order
Origin
Phonetic-semantic: 糸 (thread) with 黽 for sound; threads twisted together into a rope, hence 'rope'.
Readings and examples
| Onジョウじょうjō | 縄文じょうもん自縄自縛じじょうじばく |
|---|---|
| Kunなわnawa | 縄なわ縄張なわばり |
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)
- 泥縄どろなわ
Example
校ていで 縄を つかって あそんだ。
They played with a rope in the school yard.
Idioms with this kanji
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
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Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)