纲 gāng program
program; outline; principle
How to remember 纲: 纟 thread + 冈 ridge = program. The scout leader pins a red thread across the map up to the ridge and explains the day's program.
Component breakdown
纲 = 纟 thread + 冈 ridge
- 纟 thread
- 冈 ridge
The scout leader pins a red thread across the map up to the ridge and explains the day's program.
How it is used
- 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.