縄

straw rope, cord

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ジョウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

ただ.すなわ

Stroke Order

15 / 15

Information

Grade:4

Strokes:15

JLPT:N1

Frequency:1075

Vocabulary

ジョウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
縄文	ジョウモン	straw-rope pattern pressed into earthenware; Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)
自縄自縛	ジジョウジバク	being caught in one's own trap; being hoisted by one's own petard
準縄	ジュンジョウ	a level and inked string; norm; rule; standard
捕縄	ホジョウ	policeman's rope (used for restraining criminals)
結縄	ケツジョウ	knotted cord or rope; quipu; quippu

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
沖縄	おきなわ	Okinawa (city, prefecture)
縄	なわ	rope; cord; policeman's rope
縄張り	なわばり	stretching a rope around; roping off; cordoning off; demarcation; one's turf; domain; territory; jurisdiction; sphere of influence; territory (of an animal)
一筋縄	ひとすじなわ	(piece of) rope; ordinary method
火縄銃	ひなわじゅう	matchlock; arquebus

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