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

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

Chinese
trad. 綱
simp. 纲

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
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
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
  • 三綱八目／三纲八目
  • 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
  • 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
  • 騾綱／骡纲
  • 鹽綱／盐纲
  • 黨綱／党纲 (dǎnggāng)

Japanese

Kanji
綱

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

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

From Proto-Japonic *tuna.

Pronunciation

Noun

綱 (hiragana つな, rōmaji tsuna)

  1. rope
  2. tsuna; ceremonial sumo belt

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

綱 • (gang) (hangeul 강, revised gang, McCune–Reischauer kang, Yale kang)

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Okinawan

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Japonic *tuna. Cognate with mainland Japanese 綱 (tsuna).

Kanji

綱

Noun

綱 (hiragana ちな, romaji china)

  1. rope

Vietnamese

Han character

綱 (cương, cáng)

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