縄 – straw rope, cord

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The kanji 縄 means straw rope, cord. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ジョウ (jou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is なわ、ただ.す (nawa, tadasu). It is written with 15 strokes, under radical 糸 (no. 120).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ジョウ	jou
Kun’yomi	なわ	nawa
Kun’yomi	ただ.す	tadasu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 糸 (Kangxi radical 120). Components: 亀・糸・幺・小・田・乙・勹.

Words using 縄

縄なわrope

Example sentences

彼は縄で木に縛り付けられた。

He was tied to the tree with a rope.

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Kanji with the same radical

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