Memory phrase for the Kanji: 綱

綱

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Meaning cable, line, rope

Pronunciation

KŌ
tsuna

Explanation

Left: thread 糸, right: hill 岡 (Caught in a trawl/dragnet 罒 (with pull lines 冂) the mountain 山 turns into a hill.)

Mnemonic
 
If you have as many threads like a "hill", it could be a rope.

Radicals

糸 thread
岡 HillSometimes used for trawl, namely a net 罒 on two trawl ropes 冂 in which fish is caught "mountain-like" 山, such as in rope 綱.
罒 eyes, (net)The Radical yongashira shows the picture of an eye, whereas eye is also: 目. In some combinations this radical is seen as a net for fishing.
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 Vocabulary

横綱 よこづな  sumo grand champion
綱 つな  rope

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