Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4

JLPT level: N1

1075 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 15

Meaning: straw rope, cord

Kunyomi: なわ ただ.す

Onyomi: ジョウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: silk

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ジョウモン straw-rope pattern pressed into earthenware, Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)

ジョウヒョウ rope dart, rope javelin

コウジョウ hangman's noose, halter, rope to hang a criminal

ケツジョウ knotted cord or rope, quipu, quippu

Kunyomi Examples

なわ rope, cord, policeman's rope

張り なわばり stretching a rope around, roping off, cordoning off, demarcation, one's turf, domain, territory, jurisdiction, sphere of influence, territory (of an animal)

こしなわ leash, rope tied round prisoner's waists

はえなわ longline