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纲

Traditional: 綱

gāng

Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

gāng · gong1 (Jyutping)

  1. head rope of a fishing net
  2. guiding principle
  3. key link
  4. class (taxonomy)
  5. outline
  6. program

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

纲

Meaning
heavy rope, hawser; main points
Radical
纟
Strokes
7
Components
⿰纟冈
Cangjie
VMBK
Four-corner
2712

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