Chinese Character 纲 Meanings and components.

Form

纲

Meaning

纲 meaning[3] in English

Head Rope Of A Fishing Net.

Guiding Principle.

Key Link.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 纲 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'silk' radical in … (纟) , and ridge (冈)

Its radical[1] is: 糸 (mi4) which means: Fine Silk, Kangxi Radical 120, .糸mi4fine silk

In cangjie it is written with VMBK

How to write 纲

To write纲gang1head rope … you should write a combination of 纟si1'silk' radical … , 冈gang1ridge arranged in a 吅 shape:

纟 + 冈 = 纲

纲 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 纲 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 纲, looks as follow:

纲
Pinyin:gang1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Head Rope Of A Fishing Net . Guiding Principle . Key Link . Class (Taxonomy) . Outline . Program
纟
Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: 'Silk' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 120), Occurring In 红, 绿, 累 Etc . Also Pr. [Mi4]
冈
Pinyin:gang1 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Ridge . Mound
冂
Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
乂
Pinyin:yi4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: To Regulate . To Govern . To Control . To Mow

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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