纲gāng
program, outline; principle, guiding thread. 7 strokes, radical 纟, first met in HSK 5.
Pinyin gāngStrokes 7Radical 纟Band HSK 5Words 1
How to write 纲
Strokes 1–3 write 纟, then strokes 4–7 write 冈.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 纲 · the stroke-order rules
What 纲 is made of
纟 (sī, silk) and 冈 (gāng, ridge or crest of hill).
纟 carries the meaning — thread — and 冈 carries the sound.
Words that use 纲
| 大纲 | outline, syllabus 指文章或计划中列出要点的概要 他连夜编制了一份详尽的大纲。He worked through the night to draft a detailed outline. Lesson 408, 雄才大略 · 通达明理与气象万千 · Sagacity & Natural Grandeur |
Characters that share the sound part 冈
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 纟
All 44 of them, and what the radical means, on the 纟 radical page.