shéng

rope

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
糹 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

silk

is a component form of .

黽 sound component

  Sound component

miǎnměngmǐn

  

toad

Evolution

繩 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
繩 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
繩 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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shéng

rope, string, cord; measure, restrain; rope; CL:[gēn]

Most common words with 繩
Freq.
Word
Meaning

绳子

cord

rope

绳索

rope

绳之以法

to bring to justice

冲绳

Okinawa, Japan