縄文

Japanese
Kanji in this term
縄 文
じょう
Grade: 4		 もん
Grade: 1
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
繩文 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Calque of English cord-marked. Translation of a term coined by Edward Sylvester Morse.

Noun

縄(じょう)文(もん) • (jōmon) 

  1. a straw-rope pattern

Proper noun

縄(じょう)文(もん) • (Jōmon) 

  1. Jomon, a period of ancient Japanese history
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