繩文

Chinese

		rope	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
trad. (繩文)		繩	文
simp. (绳文)		绳	文

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shéngwén

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˊ ㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing⁴ man⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Shéngwén
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˊ ㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Shéngwún
    • Wade–Giles: Shêng²-wên²
    • Yale: Shéng-wén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Sherngwen
    • Palladius: Шэнвэнь (Šɛnvɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ³⁵ wən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing⁴ man⁴
    • Yale: sìhng màhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing⁴ man⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing⁴ men⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ²¹ mɐn²¹/

Proper noun

繩文

1. Jōmon, a period of ancient Japanese history

Japanese

Kanji in this term
繩	文
じょう Hyōgai	もん Grade: 1
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 繩文 – see the following entry.

【縄文じょうもん】 [noun] (pottery) a pressed straw-rope pattern [proper noun] Short for 縄文時代 (Jōmon Jidai, “The Jomon period”): Period of Japanese pre-history, ca. 14000–1000 BCE

(This term, 繩文, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)