纲 gāng program
program; outline; principle
怎么记住“纲”: 纟 silk + 冈 ridge = program. The scout leader pins a red silk ribbon across the map up to the ridge and explains the day's program.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
纲 = 纟 silk + 冈 ridge
- 纟 silk meaning
- 冈 ridge sound
The scout leader pins a red silk ribbon across the map up to the ridge and explains the day's program.
How it came to be
Silk gives the meaning and the ridge the sound.
用法
- The main rope of a net, hence a guiding outline/principle: 大纲 (dàgāng) an outline/syllabus, 提纲 (tígāng) an outline (of a talk/essay), 纲要 (gāngyào) an outline/essentials, 纲领 (gānglǐng) a program/platform.
- 纲举目张 (gāngjǔ-mùzhāng): pull the main rope and the mesh opens, grasp the key and the details fall into place.