綱

See also: 纲

綱 U+7DB1, 綱 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7DB1 ← 綰 [U+7DB0] CJK Unified Ideographs 網 → [U+7DB2]

Translingual

Han character

綱 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 女火月廿山 (VFBTU), four-corner 2792₀, composition ⿰糹岡)

Derived characters

• 𮒔

References

• KangXi: page 927, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27576
• Dae Jaweon: page 1364, character 30
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3414, character 5
• Unihan data for U+7DB1

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Chinese

trad.		綱
simp.		纲
alternative forms		㭃

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (岡) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
岡	*klaːŋ
崗	*klaːŋ
剛	*klaːŋ
掆	*klaːŋ, *klaːŋs
鋼	*klaːŋ, *klaːŋs
綱	*klaːŋ
犅	*klaːŋ
堈	*klaːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *klaːŋ): semantic 糸 (“rope”) + phonetic 岡 (OC *klaːŋ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gāng (gang¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gong¹
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): kong / kang

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gang
    • Wade–Giles: kang¹
    • Yale: gāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gang
    • Palladius: ган (gan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gong¹
    • Yale: gōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong
    • Tâi-lô: kong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kofng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kang
    • Tâi-lô: kang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kafng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kaŋ³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /kɑŋ/

Rime
Character	綱
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古郎切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɑŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/kɑŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/kɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaŋ/
Li Rong	/kɑŋ/
Wang Li	/kɑŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/kɑŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gāng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gong1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*kˤaŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*klaːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	綱
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gāng
Middle Chinese	‹ kang ›
Old Chinese	/*kˁaŋ/
English	guiding rope of net
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	綱
Reading #	1/1
No.	3716
Phonetic component	岡
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	岡
Old Chinese	/*klaːŋ/

Definitions

綱

1. guiding principle
2. essential part, key part
3. program, outline
4. (taxonomy) class
5. (archaic) headrope, main rope of a fishing net

Compounds

• 三綱／三纲 (sāngāng)
• 三綱五常／三纲五常 (sāngāngwǔcháng)
• 三綱八目／三纲八目
• 上綱上線／上纲上线 (shànggāngshàngxiàn)
• 乾綱／干纲
• 倍足綱／倍足纲
• 僧綱／僧纲
• 八綱／八纲
• 國統綱領／国统纲领
• 大綱／大纲 (dàgāng)
• 天綱／天纲
• 宏綱／宏纲
• 客綱客紀／客纲客纪
• 建國大綱／建国大纲
• 張綱埋輪／张纲埋轮
• 憲綱／宪纲
• 扶綱／扶纲
• 振領提綱／振领提纲
• 提綱／提纲 (tígāng)

• 提綱挈領／提纲挈领
• 握綱提領／握纲提领
• 擔綱／担纲 (dāngāng)
• 政綱／政纲 (zhènggāng)
• 斧足綱／斧足纲
• 昆蟲綱／昆虫纲
• 朝綱／朝纲
• 本草綱目／本草纲目 (Běncǎo Gāngmù)
• 橫綱／横纲 (hénggāng)
• 王綱／王纲 (wánggāng)
• 皇綱／皇纲 (huánggāng)
• 硬骨魚綱／硬骨鱼纲
• 紀綱／纪纲 (jìgāng)
• 綱佐／纲佐
• 綱宗／纲宗
• 綱常／纲常 (gāngcháng)
• 綱常倫紀／纲常伦纪
• 綱常掃地／纲常扫地
• 綱理／纲理

• 綱目／纲目 (gāngmù)
• 綱目不疏／纲目不疏
• 綱紀／纲纪 (gāngjì)
• 綱紀廢弛／纲纪废弛
• 綱維／纲维 (gāngwéi)
• 綱舉目張／纲举目张
• 綱要／纲要 (gāngyào)
• 綱運／纲运
• 綱鑑／纲鉴
• 綱領／纲领 (gānglǐng)
• 總綱／总纲 (zǒnggāng)
• 舉綱提領／举纲提领
• 花石綱／花石纲
• 茶綱／茶纲
• 蜘蛛綱／蜘蛛纲
• 軟骨魚綱／软骨鱼纲 (ruǎngǔyúgāng)
• 騾綱／骡纲
• 鹽綱／盐纲
• 黨綱／党纲 (dǎnggāng)

See also

• (Taxonomy) 生物分類學／生物分类学; 域 (yù, “domain”), 界 (jiè, “kingdom”), 門／门 (mén, “phylum”), 綱／纲 (gāng, “class”), 目 (mù, “order”), 科 (kē, “family”), 屬／属 (shǔ, “genus”), 種／种 (zhǒng, “species”) ^{(Category: zh:Taxonomy)}

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Japanese

Kanji

綱

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. rope, cable
2. genus, class

Readings

• Go-on: こう (kō, Jōyō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
• Kan-on: こう (kō, Jōyō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
• Kun: つな (tsuna, 綱, Jōyō)

Compounds

Compounds

• 綱位(こうい) (kōi)
• 綱維(こうい) (kōi)
• 綱紀(こうき) (kōki)
• 綱常(こうじょう) (kōjō)
• 綱掌(こうしょう) (kōshō)
• 綱目(こうもく) (kōmoku)
• 綱要(こうよう) (kōyō)
• 綱領(こうりょう) (kōryō)
• 亜綱(あこう) (akō)
• 維綱(いこう) (ikō)
• 紀綱(きこう) (kikō)
• 漁綱(ぎょこう) (gyokō)
• 乾綱(けんこう) (kenkō)
• 五綱(ごこう) (gokō)
• 三綱(さんこう) (sankō)
• 三綱(さんごう) (sangō)
• 執綱(しっこう) (shikkō)
• 上綱(じょうこう) (jōkō)
• 政綱(せいこう) (seikō)
• 大綱(たいこう) (taikō)
• 党綱(とうこう) (tōkō)
• 要綱(ようこう) (yōkō)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
綱
つな Grade: S
kun’yomi

Ultimately from Proto-Japonic *tuna.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) つな​ [tsùnáꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [t͡sɨᵝna̠]

Noun

綱(つな) • (tsuna) 

1. rope
2. tsuna; ceremonial sumo belt

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
綱
こう Grade: S
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 綱 (MC kɑŋ). Compare .

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こ​ー [kóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ː]

Noun

綱(こう) • (kō) ^{←かう (kau)?}

1. (taxonomy) class

Related terms

• (Taxonomy) 生物(せいぶつ)の分類(ぶんるい) (seibutsunobunrui); ドメイン (domein, “domain”), 界(かい) (kai, “kingdom”), 門(もん) (mon, “phylum”), 綱(こう) (kō, “class”), 目(もく) (moku, “order”), 科(か) (ka, “family”), 屬(ぞく) (zoku, “genus”), 種(しゅ) (shu, “species”) ^{(Category: ja:Taxonomy)}

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Korean

Hanja

(hangeul , revised gang, McCune–Reischauer kang, Yale kang)

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Okinawan

Kanji

綱

• Kun: ちな (china)

Etymology

From Proto-Ryukyuan *tuna, from Proto-Japonic *tuna. Cognate with Japanese 綱 (つな, tsuna).

Noun

綱 (hiragana ちな, romaji china)

1. rope

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Vietnamese

Han character

綱: Hán Nôm readings: cương, cáng

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