Chinese symbol for “rope”
绳
shéng
Traditional: 繩
rope; measure word: 根 (gēn)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for rope is 绳 (shéng), defined as: rope; measure word: 根 (gēn).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “rope”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 绳索 (繩索) | shéng suǒ | rope |
| 绳子 (繩子) | shéng zi | cord; string; rope; 条 (tiáo) |
| 緪 | gēng | a rope |
| 绁 (紲) | xiè | to tie; to bind |
| 纚 | lí | (literary) to bind; to fasten |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 绳.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 绳子 (繩子) | shéng zi | cord; string; rope; 条 (tiáo) |
| 绳索 (繩索) | shéng suǒ | rope |
| 绳之以法 (繩之以法) | shéng zhī yǐ fǎ | to punish according to the law; to bring to justice |
| 跳绳 (跳繩) | tiào shéng | to jump rope; to skip; a skipping rope; a jump rope |
| 准绳 (準繩) | zhǔn shéng | yardstick; fig. criterion |
| 缆绳 (纜繩) | lǎn shéng | cable; hawser |
See also: Japanese symbol for “rope”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.