じょう
縄
もん
文

noun

  1. straw-rope pattern pressed into earthenware.
  2. Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE). Messages.hist, abbreviation.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
じょう
縄
もん
文
 縄文 じょうもん ✔

Contained Kanji Breakdown

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)