The kanji 綱: meaning, readings and stroke order

綱

Meaning: rope, main points
On reading: コウ kou
Kun reading: つな tsuna
Strokes: 14
Radical: 糸 silk
Level: Level 8 · the last years of junior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: dây thừng, cương lĩnh (cương)
Japanese: ふといつな。おおもとのきまり。
Korean: 밧줄, 요점 (강)
Chinese: 粗绳、纲要 (纲)

Readings, words and example sentences

コウ kou · on reading · less common

要よう綱こう
outline, main points
計画の 要よう綱こうを読みます。
I read the outline of the plan.

つな tsuna · kun reading

綱つな
rope
運動会で 綱つな引きをします。
We play tug-of-war at sports day.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.