Read Edit View history Discussion 结绳 jiéshéng to tie knots Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 结绳 結繩 jié//shéng to tie knots To tie knots in a rope. quipu The ancient practice of recording events by tying knots in rope before the invention of writing; can also refer to the era of antiquity when this method was used. Frequency Written text 0.125 per million Cross-References Same as 结绳记事 jiéshéngjìshì Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
结绳 結繩 jié//shéng to tie knots To tie knots in a rope. quipu The ancient practice of recording events by tying knots in rope before the invention of writing; can also refer to the era of antiquity when this method was used. Frequency Written text 0.125 per million Cross-References Same as 结绳记事 jiéshéngjìshì Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)