結縄文字

Reading

Kana: けつじょうもじ
Romaji: ketsujōmoji
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

knotted cords used to record figures, facts, etc.; quipu

Kanji

Readings: ケツ、 ケチ、 むす.ぶ、 ゆ.う、 ゆ.わえる
Meanings: tie, bind, contract, join, organize, do up hair, fasten
Readings: ジョウ、 なわ、 ただ.す
Meanings: straw rope, cord
Readings: ブン、 モン、 ふみ、 あや
Meanings: sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)
Readings: ジ、 あざ、 あざな、 -な
Meanings: character, letter, word, section of village