縄文 じょうもん straw-rope pattern pressed into earthenware #6,769 Meanings noun straw-rope pattern pressed into earthenware historical, abbreviation Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE) Its kanji 縄 ジョウ · なわ、ただ.す straw rope, cord 文 ブン、モン · ふみ、あや sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)