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

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

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.)