rope / CL:根[gen1]

= + : Sherlock Holmes (sh) is loosing a rope (绳) pulling contest in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) against a silk worm (纟) and a toad (黾).

绳 character breakdown

"silk" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 120), occurring in 紅|红[hong2], 綠|绿[lü4], 累[lei4] etc / also pr. [mi4]

A silk worm.
to strive

= + : Marilyn Monroe (mi) wants to charge (电) her phone in the encampment ((e)n3), but she finds that the charger (电) is already occupied by a toad (黾) which charges its mandarin (口). (Can you see the mandarin connected to the charger in the character 黾?)

Characters with 绳 as component

绳 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 绳

yardstick / fig. criterion / ground rule
Okinawa prefecture, Japan
string / cotton rope
to twist (strands) together to form a rope / (fig.) to unite; to work together
rope of palm fiber / coir (coconut fiber)
string / twine / cord
lit. carpenter's straight line marker / same as 墨斗 / fig. rules / rules and regulations
noose / harness
Jyōmon period of Japanese prehistory, with rope pattern pottery
bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom); once bitten twice shy
once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope / once bitten, twice shy (idiom)
see 一條繩上的螞蚱|一条绳上的蚂蚱[yi1 tiao2 sheng2 shang4 de5 ma4 zha5]
lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom) / fig. people who are in it together for better or worse / people who will sink or swim together

Sentences with 绳

绳 currently does not appear in any sentence.