Moto 綱: Hawser; Class (genus); RopeKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- コウ
- Kun'yomi
- つな
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 109 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (コウ)
- 大綱たいこうfundamental principles; main lines
- 要綱ようこうmain principle; gist
- 綱領こうりょうgeneral plan; main points
- 綱紀こうきlaw and order; discipline
- 綱紀粛正こうきしゅくせいenforcement of official discipline; tightening of discipline
- クモ綱クモこうArachnida
- グネツム綱グネツムこうGnetopsida; class of gymnosperms
- フデイシ綱フデイシこうGraptolithina; class of extinct hemichordates
- 三綱さんごうthree monastic positions with management roles at a temple
- 上綱じょうこうsuperclass
- 下綱かこうinfraclass
- 両生綱りょうせいこうAmphibia; class comprising the extant and extinct amphibians
- 亜綱あこうsubclass
- 僧綱そうごうancient Buddhist ecclesiastical authority; Office of Monastic Affairs
- 単弓綱たんきゅうこうSynapsida (class of amniotes)
- 単板綱たんばんこうMonoplacophora (polyphyletic class of mollusks)
- 原獣亜綱げんじゅうあこうPrototheria
- 双弓亜綱そうきゅうあこうDiapsida (class of amniotes)
- 吻殻綱ふんかくこうRostroconchia (class of extinct molluscs)
- 哺乳綱ほにゅうこうMammalia
- 四肢動物上綱ししどうぶつじょうこうTetrapoda
- 多毛綱たもうこうPolychaeta; class of annelid worms
- 平板動物綱へいばんどうぶつこうTricoplacia; class of multicellular invertebrates
- 後獣下綱こうじゅうかこうMetatheria (mammalian infraclass)
- 掘足綱くっそくこうScaphopoda (class of molluscs comprising the tooth shells)
- 政治要綱せいじようこうplatform (e.g. of a party); policy statement
- 政綱せいこうpolitical principle, policy or platform
- 新聞倫理綱領しんぶんりんりこうりょうJapan's press code (developed in 1946)
- 昆虫綱こんちゅうこうInsecta (class comprising the insects)
- 条鰭綱じょうきこうActinopterygii (class of the ray-finned fishes comprising nearly 95% of the 25,000 species of fish)
- 正獣下綱せいじゅうかこうEutheria (mammalian infraclass)
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 横綱よこづなyokozuna (highest rank in sumo); grand champion
- 綱つなrope; cord
- 綱引きつなひきtug of war (orig. a form of divination to predict whether the year will be favourable or unfavourable)
- 綱渡りつなわたりtightrope walking; high-wire act
- 命綱いのちづなlifeline; safety rope
- 手綱たづなreins; bridle
- もやい綱もやいづなmooring line; mooring rope
- 井戸綱いどづなwell rope
- 井綱いづなwell rope
- 命の綱いのちのつなthe thread of life
- 大横綱だいよこづなgrand champion considered to be truly great, usually with over 10 makuuchi tournament wins
- 学生横綱がくせいよこづなuniversity amateur champion
- 帆綱ほづなhalyard
- 干し物綱ほしものづなclothes line; washing line
- 引き綱ひきづなtow rope; bell rope
- 御綱柏みつながしわAsplenium antiquum (species of spleenwort)
- 手綱さばきたづなさばき(one's) handling of the reins; how well one controls things
- 手綱を締めるてづなをしめるto tighten the reins; to bring (someone) under control
- 手綱を緩めるたづなをゆるめるto loosen the reins; to let up on (someone)
- 手綱捌きたづなさばき(one's) handling of the reins; how well one controls things
- 新横綱しんよこづなwrestler newly promoted to grand champion
- 望みの綱のぞみのつなone's last hope; one's only hope
- 横綱の器よこづなのうつわmental characteristics expected of a grand champion
- 横綱を食うよこづなをくうto beat a grand champion
- 横綱大関よこづなおおぜきgrand champion filling the rank of champion to keep their number at 2
- 横綱審議委員会よこづなしんぎいいんかいYokozuna Deliberation Committee; body that recommends promotion of wrestlers to grand champions
- 横綱稽古よこづなけいこpractice session where grand champion is present
Other readings
- 引綱ひきづなtow rope; bell rope
- 横綱相撲よこづなずもうfacing one's opponent head-on and winning via overwhelmingly superior strength or skill; match in which a yokozuna overpowers his opponent
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