Memory phrase for the character: 綱


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Meaning

cable, line, rope

Pronunciation


tsuna

Explanation

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

Mnemonic


 
If you have threads in a mound-like quantity, it could also be a rope.

Radicals

thread
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.
eyes, (net)The Radical yongashira shows the picture of an eye with a central pupil ロ, whereas 'eye' is also: 目. This radical is sometimes seen as a net for fishing.
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 Vocabulary

横綱 よこづな  sumo grand champion
つな  rope


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