Meaning
head rope of a fishing net; guiding principle; key link; class (taxonomy); outline; program
Chinese: 纲领、提纲，也指大绳。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “gang” becomes a different word in each tone. 纲 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 大纲dà gāngsynopsis; outline; program; leading principles
- 提纲tí gāngoutline; synopsis; notes
- 纲领gāng lǐngprogram (i.e. plan of action); guiding principle
- 纲要gāng yàooutline; essential points
- 政纲zhèng gāngpolitical program; platform
Example Sentence
写文章之前，先列一个提纲。Xiě wén zhāng zhī qián, xiān liè yí ge tí gāng.Before writing an article, first make an outline.
写Xiěto write文章wén zhāngarticle之前zhī qiánbefore，先xiānbeforehand列lièto arrange一个yí gea提纲tí gāngoutline。