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gāng

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gāng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
gāng | gang1
English translation
program, outline; principle, guiding thread

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About gāng

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

gāng

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

thread

Etymology of gāng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

糹岡

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

gāng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and gāng represents the sound. Simplified form of gāng .

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Words with gāng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
gāng key link gāng
大纲 dà gāng synopsis大綱
纲要 gāng yào outline綱要
纲领 gānglǐng guiding principle綱領
提纲 tígāng outline提綱
担纲 dān gāng to play the leading role擔綱
教学大纲 jiào xué dà gāng course syllabus教學大綱
上纲上线 shàng gāng shàng xiàn to criticize (as a matter of principle)上綱上線
政纲 zhèng gāng platform政綱
本草纲目 Běn cǎo Gāng mù Compendium of Medical Herbs 1596, compiled by Li Shizhen 李時珍|李时珍 Lǐ Shí zhēn [Lǐ​Shí​zhēn]本草綱目
提纲挈领 tí gāng qiè lǐng to concentrate on the main points (idiom); to bring out the essentials提綱挈領
党纲 dǎng gāng party program黨綱
量纲 liàng gāng dimension (unit)量綱
纲举目张 gāng jǔ mù zhāng if you lift the headrope the meshes spread open (idiom)綱舉目張
纲纪 gāng jì law and order綱紀
朝纲 cháo gāng laws and discipline of imperial court朝綱
三纲五常 sān gāng wǔ cháng three principles and five virtues (idiom)三綱五常
亚纲 yà gāng subclass (taxonomy)亞綱
横纲 héng gāng yokozuna橫綱

gāng Decomposition & Compounds

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