縄文

Japanese

Kanji in this term
縄	文
じょう Grade: 4	もん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
繩文 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Calque of English cord-marked. Translation of a term coined by Edward Sylvester Morse.

Noun

縄(じょう)文(もん) • (jōmon) 

1. (pottery) a pressed straw-rope pattern

Proper noun

縄(じょう)文(もん) • (Jōmon) 

1. Short for 縄文時代 (Jōmon Jidai, “The Jomon period”): Period of Japanese pre-history, ca. 14000–1000 BCE

Derived terms

• 縄文式土器(じょうもんしきどき) (jōmonshikidoki, “Jōmon ware”)
• 縄文人(じょうもんじん) (jōmonjin, “Jōmon people”)
• 縄文土器(じょうもんどき) (jōmondoki, “Jōmon pottery”)