Chinese Character Wiki
網

wǎng

net

Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 罔 represents the sound.

Components
糹 meaning component

糹  Meaning component

sī, mì

  

silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

罔 sound,meaning component

罔  Sound Meaning component

wǎng

  

net

罔 also serves as a meaning component.

Evolution

網 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
網 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
網 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
網 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

网 (網) 

wǎng

net, web; network; net

Most common words with 網
Freq.
Word
Meaning

网

net

网络

Internet

网站

website

网上

online

上网

to go online

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*maŋʔ (or *C.maŋʔ ?)

mjangX

wǎng

net


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 38.8275% of movies

897th most common character in movies

605th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

14

Simplified

网

Unicode

U+7DB2

Shuowen

“网，庖犧所結繩以漁。从冂，下象网交文。，网或从亡；，网或从糸；，古文网；，籀文网。”


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