せん
先
じょう
縄
もん
文
じ
時
だい
代

noun

Messages.hist, obscure term.
  1. pre-Jomon period (i.e. the preceramic period).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
せん
先
じょう
縄
もん
文
じ
時
だい
代
 先縄文時代 せんじょうもんじだい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

before, ahead, previous
セン　さき　ま.ず (1st, N5)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン　ニン　がい (Kentei 1)
straw rope, cord
なわ　ジョウ　ただ.す (9th, N1)
thread
いと　シ (1st, N2)
short thread radical (no. 52)
ヨウ　ちいさい (Kentei 1)
little, small
ショウ　こ-　ちい.さい (1st, N5)
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ　かぎ (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ　や　はっ (1st, N5)
green frog(黽) variant
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
lightning, electricity
day, sun, Japan
ひ　にっ　ニチ (1st, N5)
hidden, mysterious, secret
イン　オン　かく.す
sentence, literature, style
ブン　モン　も (1st, N4)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ　ゲ　おさ.める (Kentei 1)
time, hour
ジ　とき　と (2nd, N5)
day, sun, Japan
ひ　にっ　ニチ (1st, N5)
Buddhist temple
てら　ジ (2nd, N2)
soil, earth, ground
ド　つち　は (1st, N5)
measurement, tenth of a shaku, a little
スン　す　みき (6th, N1)
substitute, change, convert
ダイ　か.わる　よ (3rd, N4)
human radical (no. 9)
piling, ceremony radical (no. 56)
ヨク　いぐるみ (Kentei 1)