Read Edit View history 綱 gāng heavy rope Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 岡 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas gāng × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 纲 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 糹 is a component form of 糸. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 綱 Simp strokes 綱 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 綱 Simp strokes 綱 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 綱 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 270, 802 ], [ 287, 786 ], [ 302, 754 ], [ 236, 625 ], [ 183, 540 ], [ 169, 500 ], [ 251, 499 ], [ 281, 504 ], [ 290, 513 ] ], [ [ 356, 647 ], [ 371, 627 ], [ 376, 606 ], [ 320, 508 ], [ 231, 383 ], [ 216, 356 ], [ 214, 331 ], [ 243, 334 ], [ 345, 377 ] ], [ [ 344, 428 ], [ 375, 388 ], [ 389, 359 ] ], [ [ 109, 216 ], [ 157, 131 ], [ 166, 104 ], [ 166, 72 ] ], [ [ 218, 242 ], [ 265, 183 ], [ 272, 155 ] ], [ [ 317, 296 ], [ 360, 244 ], [ 370, 214 ] ], [ [ 452, 702 ], [ 480, 675 ], [ 490, 644 ], [ 491, 611 ], [ 483, 335 ], [ 475, 245 ], [ 456, 141 ], [ 456, 96 ] ], [ 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661 351 659 Q 341 655 344 640 Q 347 601 301 517 L 286 493 Q 196 357 171 340 Q 158 330 161 317 Q 162 304 190 286 Q 200 276 215 288 Q 272 333 357 367 L 359 367 C 387 377 379 392 350 385 Z", "M 359 367 Q 371 346 384 342 Q 394 338 404 351 Q 408 361 405 379 Q 398 407 347 436 Q 340 440 336 431 Q 333 424 350 385 L 359 367 Z", "M 108 178 Q 126 132 143 80 Q 147 64 160 58 Q 167 54 177 62 Q 187 71 194 97 Q 203 133 125 216 Q 115 226 109 226 Q 103 225 99 215 Q 98 205 108 178 Z", "M 223 210 Q 257 147 267 144 Q 274 141 282 149 Q 289 158 289 181 Q 290 196 272 214 Q 226 253 216 250 Q 212 249 210 239 Q 210 232 223 210 Z", "M 320 266 Q 335 242 350 214 Q 357 202 368 199 Q 375 198 382 205 Q 388 215 389 237 Q 389 259 327 301 Q 317 307 312 306 Q 308 305 306 295 Q 306 288 320 266 Z", "M 501 690 Q 482 706 459 713 Q 449 714 443 707 Q 439 701 447 690 Q 498 552 452 268 Q 443 228 429 186 Q 422 159 425 140 Q 434 106 445 93 Q 455 78 466 92 Q 500 129 502 280 Q 502 550 520 653 C 523 674 523 674 501 690 Z", "M 520 653 Q 661 689 792 709 Q 810 712 818 701 Q 833 694 838 629 Q 857 413 848 169 Q 848 132 834 123 Q 821 113 755 126 Q 737 130 738 119 Q 739 110 753 104 Q 814 56 845 20 Q 867 -1 882 2 Q 895 6 907 37 Q 923 86 922 159 Q 889 628 913 675 Q 926 697 915 709 Q 905 725 856 750 Q 835 762 765 740 Q 636 709 501 690 C 471 686 491 646 520 653 Z", "M 575 582 Q 608 533 621 530 Q 628 529 634 537 Q 638 546 637 567 Q 636 585 579 615 Q 569 619 564 618 Q 560 617 559 607 Q 560 600 575 582 Z", "M 714 628 Q 701 594 673 538 Q 670 531 675 527 Q 681 527 686 532 Q 743 599 772 626 Q 784 633 779 640 Q 755 673 720 669 Q 710 665 713 651 Q 717 642 714 628 Z", "M 668 462 Q 692 468 784 483 Q 791 482 798 492 Q 799 501 781 508 Q 757 524 694 502 Q 684 501 673 497 Q 651 491 550 474 Q 529 470 546 458 Q 567 440 596 446 Q 615 452 640 456 L 668 462 Z", "M 681 287 Q 688 410 692 422 Q 698 440 668 462 C 644 480 629 484 640 456 Q 649 444 649 280 C 649 250 679 257 681 287 Z", "M 752 299 Q 713 295 681 287 L 649 280 Q 622 276 602 267 Q 586 263 589 282 Q 592 352 586 363 Q 561 388 541 385 Q 534 381 540 368 Q 556 334 554 300 Q 553 267 539 252 Q 526 239 532 229 Q 541 219 554 211 Q 564 207 571 212 Q 592 242 713 267 Q 731 271 743 271 C 773 273 782 302 752 299 Z", "M 743 271 Q 743 250 755 226 Q 762 213 771 222 Q 789 241 795 304 Q 804 364 814 377 Q 820 389 812 399 Q 799 411 774 426 Q 764 432 755 427 Q 749 424 751 414 Q 769 389 753 301 Q 752 301 752 299 L 743 271 Z" ] } 14 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources No sources. 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