綱 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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gāng

heavy rope

Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 岡 represents the sound.

Components

糹 Meaning component

sī, mì

silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

岡 Sound component

gāng

ridge or crest of hill

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

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

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*kˤaŋ	kang	gāng	guiding rope of net

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 1.0892% of movies

3224th most common character in movies

1934th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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