gāng

heavy rope

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
糹 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

silk

is a component form of .

岡 sound component

  Sound component

gāng

  

ridge or crest of hill

Evolution

綱 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
綱 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
綱 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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gāng

heavy rope, hawser; main points; head rope of a fishing net; guiding principle; key link; class (taxonomy); outline; program

Most common words with 綱
Freq.
Word
Meaning

key link

大纲

synopsis

纲要

outline

纲领

guiding principle

提纲

outline