纲

gāng

head rope of a fishing net

guiding principle; key link; class (taxonomy); outline; program

silk/rope (纟) + sound gāng (冈) = the master cord, the guiding line

The silk radical points to rope or cord — the head rope of a net that organizes all the other lines. 冈 mainly gives the sound gāng; the meaning rests entirely with the thread radical.

纟+冈→纲
冈RidgePhonetic
纟ThreadSemantic

老师让我们写一篇文章的提纲。

lǎo shī ràng wǒ men xiě yī piān wén zhāng de tí gāng。

The teacher asked us to write an outline for an article.

这份文件列出了改革的总纲,非常重要。

zhè fèn wén jiàn liè chū le gǎi gé de zǒng gāng,fēi cháng zhòng yào。

This document lists the general guiding principles of the reform, which are very important.

Words with 纲

政纲

zhèng gāng

political program

朝纲

cháo gāng

laws and discipline of imperial court

考纲

kǎo gāng

exam outline (outline of the content of an exam, published prior to the exam as a guide for examinees) (abbr. for 考試大綱|考试大纲[kao3 shi4 da4 gang1])

量纲

liàng gāng

dimension (unit)

头足纲

tóu zú gāng

Cephalopoda, class of mollusks including nautilus and squid

党纲

dǎng gāng

(political) party platform

三纲五常

sān gāng wǔ cháng

three principles and five virtues (idiom)

上纲上线

shàng gāng shàng xiàn

to make a mountain out of a molehill

中苏解决悬案大纲协定

zhōng sū jiě jué xuán àn dà gāng xié dìng

the treaty of 1923 normalizing relations between the Soviet Union and the Northern Warlord government of China

亚纲

yà gāng

subclass (taxonomy)

蜥形纲

xī xíng gāng

Sauropsida, class within Chordata containing reptiles

倍足纲

bèi zú gāng

Diplopoda (zoology)

More characters with 纟

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