綱 – vocab dash

Keyword

sumo belt

hawser
class (genus)
rope
cord
cable

Frequency: #1053
Strokes: 14
Grade: 8
JLPT (old): N1
Heisig: 2114

Readings

コウ57%

つな43%

Mnemonic

Thread twisted tight into a rope is slung over a mound of rising ground, where the wrestler ties on his sumo belt.

Stroke order

Composed of

糸thread 岡rising ground

Used in vocabulary

横よこ綱づな

yokozuna (highest rank in sumo); grand champion; best in its field; crème de la crème; cream of the crop

Noun

大たい綱こう

fundamental principles; main lines; outline; summary; general features

Noun

要よう綱こう

main principle; gist; general plan; guidelines; outline

Noun

綱こう領りょう

general plan; main points; summary; platform (e.g. for a campaign); mission statement

Noun

綱つな

rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt

Noun

綱つな引ひき

tug of war; forward puller (of a rickshaw)

Noun

綱こう紀き粛しゅく正せい

enforcement of official discipline; tightening of discipline; eliminating corruption among government officials

Noun

綱こう

class

Noun

綱つな渡わたり

tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act

Noun

手た綱づな

reins; bridle; control; the reins (on)

Noun

命いのち綱づな

lifeline; safety rope; safety tether

Noun

綱こう紀き

law and order; (official) discipline

Noun

大おお綱づな

thick rope; fundamental principles; outline; general features

Noun

飯綱いづな

izuna; pipe fox; fox-like spirit kept inside a bamboo tube and used by its master to perform divinations and curses; keeper of an izuna

Noun

綱つな手で

mooring rope

Noun

綱こう要よう

elements; essentials; outline

Noun

綱こう目もく

main point and details

Noun

綱麻つなそ

jute

Noun