漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food
縄: straw rope, cord
JLPT N115 strokesGrade 4Your ink: 白 Not met
- 糸thread(meaning)
- 电(form)
糸 carries the meaning · 电 is drawn in
15 strokes
Small seal · Qin Today
Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Two readings, and the words that use each
ジョウjou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 縄文じょうもんstraw-rope pattern pressed into earthenware
なわnawa · kun'yomi · on its own
- 縄なわrope; cord
- 沖縄おきなわOkinawa (city, prefecture)
- 縄張りなわばりstretching a rope around; roping off
- 腰縄こしなわleash; rope tied round prisoner's waists
- 一筋縄ひとすじなわ(piece of) rope
Also read ただす, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Everything is connected! This radical represents the invisible threads that tie us together—our relationships, the fine "silk" of our words, and the intricate weaving of our personal histories.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
电
Also built on 电
In ChineseSimplified 绳 · traditional 繩 · shéng
Three different forms: Japanese 縄, simplified 绳, traditional 繩.
- Simplified
- 绳 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 繩 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin shéng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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