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綱

綱 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. つな。
  2. 大きくまとめる。
  3. すべる、統治する。
  4. 生物分類の一つ。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「糸」+音符「岡」。「つな」を意味する漢語｛綱｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

hawser, class (genus), rope, cord, cable

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • コウJHS
Kun (native)
  • つなJHS
Other languages
  • 拼音gang1
  • 한글gang
  • Hán-ViệtCương

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
14 strokes
Radical
糸(いと)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+7DB1

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰糸岡

Words using this kanji

  • 綱領こうりょう物事の重要な所。要点。眼目。 政党や労働組合などの運動方針をまとめたもの。general plan, main points, summary, platform (e.g. for a campaign)
  • 綱つな（つな）ロープ。「つな」を参照。 （コウ）生物の分類における階層の一つ。 （つな）日本人の姓の一つ。rope, cord, line, grand champion's braided belt
  • 綱引きつなひきtug of war, forward puller (of a rickshaw)
  • 綱渡りつなわたり「つなわたり」の漢字表記。tightrope walking, high-wire act, funambulism, treading a tightrope
  • 綱紀こうき国家を統治する基本の規則。 一般的に規律。 締めくくり。law and order, (official) discipline
  • 綱紀粛正こうきしゅくせい国家の規律を整備し、施政の風紀を正すこと。enforcement of official discipline, tightening of discipline, eliminating corruption among government officials
  • 綱こう（つな）ロープ。「つな」を参照。 （コウ）生物の分類における階層の一つ。 （つな）日本人の姓の一つ。class
  • 綱要こうよう物事の要点。多く書名に用いる。elements, essentials, outline
  • 綱目こうもくある物や事柄の大要と細目。main point and details
  • 綱手つなでmooring rope
  • 綱具つなぐrigging
  • 綱常こうじょう人が踏み行うべき道。三綱と五常。code of morals, moral principles
  • 綱鳥つなどりlesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
  • 綱取りつなとりozeki wrestler's attempt to reach the rank of yokozuna, being eligible for promotion to yokozuna
  • 綱締めつなしめputting on the tsuna
  • 綱梯子つなばしごrope ladder, jack ladder, ratline
  • 綱を張るつなをはるto become a yokozuna, to be a yokozuna
  • 綱打ち式つなうちしきceremony of tsuna-making
  • 綱紀紊乱こうきびんらんlaxity in official discipline, public order being in disarray

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-6-8
Four Corner
2792.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
6a8.23
Heisig
2114
Nelson
3561