縄

See also 繩, and 绳

Translingual

Han character

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

1. rope, string, cord
2. control

References

• 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

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Japanese

Kanji

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

Readings

• On: じょう (jō)
• Kun: なわ (nawa), ただ.す (tada.su)

Compounds

• 縄抜け (なわぬけ, nawanuke)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• IPA: [na̠ɰᵝa̠]

Noun

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

• The American Heritage's Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company (1992).