綱 Rope

Radical Combination

• 糸

  Thread
• 岡

  Hill

Meaning

Primary

Rope

Mnemonic

If you take a thread and wrap up a bunch of it, so much it becomes a hill of thread, you're going to have a lot of thread. You can wrap some of that thread around other thread to create a much thicker thread. This thread is a rope.

Hints

Imagine yourself twisting this hill of thread up to make thicker ropes. They're strong!

Readings

On’yomi

こう

Kun’yomi

つな

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

Congratulations, now you have a perfect rope for tuna (つな) fishing. Tunas are massive, so you need a strong rope to reel one in.

Hints

Imagine yourself going tuna fishing on a small boat with nothing but one long rope. This is how tuna fishing is done where you're from, so you're sticking to tradition.