繩文

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Chinese

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rope
language; culture; writing
language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
 
trad. (繩文)
simp. (绳文)

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繩文

  1. Jōmon, a period of ancient Japanese history

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
じょう
Hyōgai
もん
Grade: 1
on'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 繩文 – see the following entry.
縄文じょうもん
[noun] (pottery) a pressed straw-rope pattern
[proper noun] Short for 縄文時代 (Jōmon Jidai, The Jomon period): Period of Japanese pre-history, ca. 14000–1000 BCE
(This term, 繩文, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)