綱 – hawser, class (genus), rope

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The kanji 綱 means hawser, class (genus), rope, cord, cable. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is コウ (kou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is つな (tsuna). It is written with 14 strokes, under radical 糸 (no. 120).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	コウ	kou
Kun’yomi	つな	tsuna

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 糸 (Kangxi radical 120). Components: 糸・幺・小・并・冂・山・一・岡.

Words using 綱

綱つなrope横綱よこづなyokozuna (highest rank in sumo)

Example sentences

綱は張りすぎて切れた。

The rope broke under the strain.

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