Kanji

Stroke count: 19

Meaning: rope, cord

Kunyomi: なわ ただ.す

Onyomi: ジョウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: silk

Examples

Kunyomi Examples

縄張り 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)

縄目 なわめ knot (in rope, etc.), bonds, fetters, arrest, rope impressions (on the surface of pottery)

すみなわ inked marking string