縄

See also: 繩 and 绳

縄 U+7E04, 縄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7E04 ← 縃 [U+7E03] CJK Unified Ideographs 縅 → [U+7E05]

Translingual

Traditional	繩
Shinjitai	縄
Simplified	绳

Han character

縄 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 女火田中山 (VFWLU), composition ⿰糹⿱田电(GHTV) or ⿰糸⿱田电(JK))

References

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

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 縄 – see 繩 (“string; rope; to restrict; to restrain; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 繩).

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Japanese

Shinjitai	縄
Kyūjitai	繩

Kanji

縄

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 繩)

Readings

• Go-on: じょう (jō, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: しょう (shō)
• Kun: なわ (nawa, 縄, Jōyō)^{←なは (nafa, 縄, historical)}、ただす (tadasu, 縄す)

Compounds

Compounds

• 麻縄(あさなわ) (asanawa): hempen rope
• 縄抜(なわぬ)け (nawanuke)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
縄
なわ Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
繩 (kyūjitai)

For pronunciation and definitions of 縄 – see the following entry.

【なわ】 [noun] a rope, a flexible, heavy cord of tightly intertwined hemp or other fiber

(This term, 縄, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)