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縄 = 糸 + 田 + 乙

縄 is a Japanese kanji written with 15 strokes, listed here under the keyword “straw rope”. It is built from 糸 (thread), 田 (rice field) and 乙 (fish guts). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1477.

Keyword
straw rope
RTK frame
1477
Strokes
15
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ジョウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
なわ, ただ.す
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
соломенная веревка
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
縄 rope

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 糸 thread
  2. 田 rice field
  3. 乙 fish guts

How to find 縄 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “thread” + “rice field” + “fish guts”. 縄 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 縄 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.