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Chinese

網

wǎng
net; web
  • Phono-semantic compound 形聲
  • HSK 1
  • TOCFL 5
  • radical 糸
  • 14 strokes
  • 䋄
  • 䋞
  • 网
  • 纲
  • 𮉦

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Origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *mlaŋʔ): semantic 糸 (“rope”) + phonetic 罔 (OC *mlaŋʔ).

Compare Thai มุ้ง (múng, “mosquito net”), มอง (mɔɔng, “a kind of fishing net”) (Manomaiviboon, 1975). Perhaps the same word as 罔 (OC *mlaŋʔ, “to deceive”) (Schuessler, 2007).

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Lineage

  • meaningChinese糸 “thin silk”
  • soundChinese罔 “to not have”
    • meaningChinese网 “net”
    • soundChinese亡 “to run away; to flee; to escape”

Related: Thai มุ้ง

Words built on it: 網站

Meanings

character
  1. net; web
  2. network
  3. the Internet; the Web
  4. internet connection
  5. website (Classifier: 個／个 c)
  6. to net; to catch with a net

國語辭典 definitions

  1. 用繩線編成以捕捉動物的器具。 例：魚網、鳥網
  2. 用網捕捉。 例：網魚、網蜻蜓
  3. 像網狀的東西。 例：蜘蛛網、鐵絲網
  4. 分布周密而有連繫像網狀的組織系統。 例：交通網、廣播網、通訊網
  5. 比喻能約束人的事物、理法。 例：法網、天羅地網

© Ministry of Education, Taiwan — CC BY-ND 3.0 TW, shown unaltered.

How 網 was written 字形演變

  1. 網 in Oracle bone script
    Oracle bone
    甲骨文
    Shang, c. 1250–1050 BCE
  2. 網 in Chu slips & silk script
    Chu slips & silk
    楚系簡帛
    Warring States
  3. 網 in Qin slips script
    Qin slips
    秦系簡牘
    Qin
  4. 網 in Small seal script
    Small seal
    說文小篆
    Shuowen, c. 100 CE
  5. 網 in Regular script
    Regular
    楷書
    since c. 200 CE

Historical forms collected by the legacy etymfun dataset; most characters have several attested variants.

Sources

  • Historical glyph forms (zdic.net 字形演变) — Rights unverified
  • HSK / TOCFL word lists — Facts (levels)
  • 教育部《國語辭典簡編本》 (Taiwan MOE) — CC BY-ND 3.0 TW
  • Written form — n/a
  • Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Wiktionary: 網