縄

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See also 繩, and 绳

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Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

縄 (radical 120 糸+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 女火田中山 (VFWLU))

  1. rope, string, cord
  2. control

References[edit]

  • KangXi: not present, would follow page 933, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27729
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3426, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+7E04

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

縄 (common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 繩)

Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Japanese. Derived from verb 綯う (nau, “to plait or twist together into twine or line”).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

縄 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai 繩, hiragana なわ, romaji nawa, historical hiragana なは)

  1. a rope, a flexible, heavy cord of tightly intertwined hemp or other fiber

References[edit]

  1. ^ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. ^ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
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