縄
縄 — Straw rope
straw rope, cord
On’yomiジョウ (jou)
Kun’yomiなわ (nawa)
Kun’yomiただす (tadasu)
Stroke order (15 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 縄
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 沖縄 | おきなわ okinawa | Okinawa (city, prefecture) |
| 縄文 | じょうもん joumon | straw-rope pattern pressed into earthenware; Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE) |
| 縄張り | なわばり nawabari | stretching a rope around; roping off; cordoning off |
| 縄 | なわ nawa | rope; cord; policeman's rope |
| 一筋縄 | ひとすじなわ hitosujinawa | (piece of) rope; ordinary method |
| 火縄銃 | ひなわじゅう hinawajuu | matchlock; arquebus |
Study notes
縄 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 15 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 4), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #1075 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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