The kanji 縄: meaning, readings and stroke order

縄

Meaning: rope
On reading: ジョウ jou
Kun reading: なわ nawa
Strokes: 15
Radical: 糸 silk
Level: Level 4 · grade 4
Old form: 繩

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: dây thừng (thằng)
Japanese: なわ。
Korean: 새끼줄, 밧줄 (승)
Chinese: 绳子 (绳)

Readings, words and example sentences

ジョウ jou · on reading · less common

縄じょう文もん
Jomon (a very old period in Japan)
博物館で 縄じょう文もんの土器を見ました。
I saw Jomon pottery at the museum.

なわ nawa · kun reading

縄なわ
rope
太い 縄なわで荷をしばります。
I tie up the load with a thick rope.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.