01367 Chinese character of 綱 and pronounce gong1

The Chinese word【綱】that we will introduce this time is a word that describes tools or standards. It is mainly used for the following meanings:

Steel outline or rule. Explanation: (1) The thick ropes that hold a net together. (2) Refers to the main part of an article, speech or thing. Such as: “outline”, “outline”, “general outline”, “outline”, and “programme”. (3) Order and law. Such as: “Discipline”, “Three Bonds and Five Constant Virtues”. (4) One of the levels used in the biological classification system. For example: “Mammalia”, “kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species.”

The pronunciation of this specific Chinese character is given below.

Mandarin Pinyin of 【綱】:gāng

Cantonese Jyutping of 【綱】:gong1

This section covers the key information related to the character 【綱】︰

Here are some situations where you can use【綱】, for example:Describe the tool or specification , It means mainly steel guidelines or rules .Given the broad interpretative scope of Chinese characters, certain deeper meanings and unique applications may be beyond this explanation.

【綱】can be used alone, but when combined with other words, it forms richer expressions, such as【綱領、網綱】(Mandarin Pinyin:gāng lǐng 、wǎng gāng/ Cantonese Jyutping:gong1 ling5 、mong5 gong1)

There are exactly 14 strokes in this character,It is a more advanced Chinese character that is essential for daily use,Here is a sentence that illustrates the meaning and function of this character.:


他們依據綱領進行了討論。

They discussed the program.


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