縄文

じょうもん

Meanings

1. Noun straw-rope pattern pressed into earthenware
2. Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE) See also: 縄文時代 (じょうもんじだい).

Kanji

• 縄 rope. Read as ジョウ.
• 文 text. Read as モン.

Words containing 縄文

• 縄文時代 (じょうもんじだい) Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)
• 縄文土器 (じょうもんどき) straw rope-patterned ancient Japanese pottery
• 続縄文時代 (ぞくじょうもんじだい) post-Jōmon period (mainly Hokkaido; 3rd to 7th century BCE)

And 3 more.

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