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纲 = 纟 + 冈

纲 is a simplified Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “heavy rope”. It is built from 纟 (silk) and 冈 (ridge or crest of hill).

Keyword
heavy rope
Pinyin (Mandarin)
gāng
Script
Simplified chinese hanzi
Also known as
heavy rope, hawser, гаузер, тяжелая веревка, hawser

Decomposition

ids

  1. 纟 silk
  2. 冈 ridge or crest of hill

How to find 纲 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “silk” + “ridge or crest of hill”. 纲 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 纲 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.