綱	1434B40   93B.42-4	部居	畫數  14	ㄍㄤ [gang1] .
N	(1)  The main rope of a net, a hawser. (2)  Main threads. essential principles: 大綱 a general outline; 綱要 [gang1yao4], 綱目 [gang1mu4], 綱領 [gang1ling3]↓; 提綱挈領 to bring out the most essential points; 綱舉目張 a lucid exposition of outline; sharp definition of categories. (3)  Discipline, morale: 綱常 [gang1chang2], 綱紀 [gang1ji4], 綱維 [gang1wei2]↓. (4)  Power, authority: 乾 ([qian2]) 綱 the royal prerogatives, sovereign rights of a prince. (5)  A batch of carts or boats going in a group for transporting goods: 鹽綱，茶綱 transportation of salt, tea by such means; 綱運 [gang1yUn4]↓; 綱鹽 salt so transported; 綱商 a merchant in such group of transportation; 綱地 a place where goods are so transported; 綱岸 a port where goods are so transported; 到綱 arrival of goods so transported at their destination.
Words	1.綱常 [gang1chang2], n., short for 三綱五常：三綱（君臣，父子，夫婦）the proper relations between the prince and his ministers, between father and son, and between husband and wife; 五常 the five cardinal virtues of 仁義禮智信.  2.綱紀 [gang1ji4], (1)  n., discipline, morale, law and order; (2)  formerly, a butler; (3)  v. t., (AC) to rule, manage, oversee: 綱紀四方 to rule over the whole country.  3.綱領 [gang1ling3], n., main headings.  4.綱目 [gang1mu4], n., a general outline (main and subdivisions).  5.綱維 [gang1wei2], n., (1)  cardinal principles underlying the morals of a nation; (2)  (Budd.) a ruling priest.  6.綱要 [gang1yao4], n., essential points, an outline (of a subject).  7.綱運 [gang1yUn4], n., transportation of goods (e.g., salt or tea) by batches of carts or boats going in groups for mutual protection.