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Kanji Detail for 縄 - "rope, cord"

縄

  • Meaning

    縄 means "rope, cord." Also associated with rule.

    1. Rope - Twisted fibers for binding.

    2. Cord - A thick string.

    3. Rule - A standard or regulation.

  • Words using 縄

    • 縄文 じょうもん Listen straw-rope pattern pressed into earthenware; Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)
    • 縄張り なわばり Listen stretching a rope around; roping off; cordoning off

  • Four-character idioms with 縄

    • 自縄自縛 じじょうじばく Listen being caught in one's own trap; being hoisted by one's own petard
    • 規矩準縄 きくじゅんじょう Listen rules and standards; norms; criteria

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    • Verified meaning: rope, cord
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read なわ, なわさき)
    • Also carries these associations: rule

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 縄

    Surnames 縄(なわ)Listen 縄(なわさき)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    straw rope; cord

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    rope, string, cord; control

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Japanese variant of 繩|绳

  • Onyomi

    tip

    joh(ジョウ) ジョウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    nawa(なわ) なわ

    tada.su(ただ-す) ただ-す

  • Strokes

    tip

    15 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    糸 (ito・itohen)

  • Related Keywords

    rope cord rule correct inherit binding braid cable fibers govern guide halyard hawser knot lasso leash mooring net noose rigging standard strand string tether thick tie twine twisted

Sentences including 縄

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