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繩
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绳
🇨🇳
縄
🇯🇵

rope

HSK 10 N1
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shéng
ジョウ
なわ、ただ.す
승
Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 黽 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (繩)
糹 silk+ 黽 toad =
繩 rope
糹 Meaning component
mì
silk
糹 is a component form of 糸.
黽 Phonetic component
toad
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Simplified (绳)
纟 silk 🇨🇳+ 黾 strive =
绳 rope
纟 Meaning component
mì silk 🇨🇳
silk
纟 is a component form of 糸.
黾 Phonetic component
miǎn strive
to strive
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Japanese (縄)
糸 silk =
縄 rope
糸
糸
silk
Notes
Similar Characters
总 altogether (simp)絕 discontinue (trad)絲 silk (trad)糾 entangle (trad/jp)紀 epoch (trad/jp)紂 name of an emperor (trad)約 make an appointment (trad/jp)紅 red (trad/jp)紆 bend (trad)紈 white (trad)紉 thread (trad)紋 design (trad/jp)納 let in (trad/jp)紐 new (trad)紓 relieve (trad)純 unadulterated (trad/jp)紕 spoiled (trad)紗 yarn (trad)紙 paper (trad/jp)級 rank (trad/jp)
Historical Evolution
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
繩
Regular
Modern
Chinese
绳 / 繩 [shéng]
rope; CL:根[gēn]
Japanese
縄 、 繩 (old) なわ 同音

noun

  1. rope; cord
  2. policeman's rope (usu. as お〜)
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
彼は縄で木に縛り付けられた。
He was tied to the tree with a rope.
Japanese Names
縄 なわ
Nawa surname
縄 なわさき
Nawasaki surname
繩 なわ
Nawa surname
CHINESE WORDS (37)
绳子 [shéng​zi] #2,870
cord
绳索 [shéng​suǒ] #8,215
rope
绳之以法 [shéng​zhī​yǐ​fǎ] #11,337
to punish according to the law
冲绳 [Chōng​shéng] #17,604
Okinawa, Japan
跳绳 [tiào​shéng] #16,785
to jump rope
缰绳 [jiāng​shéng] #24,227
reins
缆绳 [lǎn​shéng] #18,585
cable
准绳 [zhǔn​shéng] #50,702
yardstick
钢丝绳 [gāng​sī​shéng] #58,001
hawser
绳梯 [shéng​tī] #27,456
a rope ladder
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JAPANESE WORDS (103)
⭐ 縄 [なわ] #5,409
rope
⭐ 縄張り [なわばり] #12,125
stretching a rope around
⭐ 沖縄 [おきなわ] #12,213
Okinawa (city, prefecture)
一筋縄 [ひとすじなわ] #24,144
(piece of) rope
一筋縄ではいかない [ひとすじなわではいかない] #25,913
not straightforward
沖縄県 [おきなわけん] #36,409
Okinawa Prefecture
お縄 [おなわ] #37,778
policeman's rope
荒縄 [あらなわ] #40,529
straw rope
縄張り争い [なわばりあらそい] #43,320
turf war
⭐ 縄跳び [なわとび] #49,463
skipping rope
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