head rope of a fishing net / guiding principle / key link / class (taxonomy) / outline / program

= + : Guy Fawkes (g) wants to become a fisher of men, so he sets up a net in front of the anglepod (ang1) between two ridges (冈). The silk worm (纟) helps him by spanning the head rope of the fishing net (纲) between the two ridges.

綱 character breakdown

ridge / mound

= + : Guy Fawkes followed a secret map to the anglepod and in front of it he finds a small mound. The instructions on the map say that if he can pull out the secret treasure, he will have the control over all of England, so he starts to pull on a small thing sticking out of the mound using pliers.
"silk" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 120), occurring in 紅|红[hong2], 綠|绿[lü4], 累[lei4] etc / also pr. [mi4]

A silk worm.

Characters with 綱 as component

綱 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 綱

synopsis / outline / program / leading principles
outline / synopsis / notes
to make a mountain out of a molehill
political program / platform
to concentrate on the main points (idiom); to bring out the essentials
to play the leading role
common program / formal program of the communist party after 1949, that served as interim national plan
Class Trematoda / fluke / trematode worm, a parasite incl. on humans
Mammalia, the class of mammals
Felix Klein's Erlangen program (1872) on geometry and group theory
course syllabus / class curriculum
laws and discipline of imperial court
three principles and five virtues (idiom) / the three rules (ruler guides subject, father guides son and husband guides wife) and five constant virtues of Confucianism (benevolence 仁, righteousness 義|义, propriety 禮|礼, wisdom 智 and fidelity 信)
the treaty of 1923 normalizing relations between the Soviet Union and the Northern Warlord government of China
subclass (taxonomy)
"eight principles," a method of giving a general description and syndrome differentiation (TCM)
pattern-syndrome identification based on the eight principles (TCM)

Sentences with 綱

綱 currently does not appear in any sentence.