Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food

網: netting, network

JLPT N114 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

糸 carries the meaning · 罔 gives the sound

14 strokes
  • Oracle bone · Shang
  • Bronze · Western Zhou
  • Today

Oracle bone: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Bronze: Wikimedia Commons, traced from Academia Sinica, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Two readings, and the words that use each

モウmou · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 網膜もうまくretina
  • 網羅もうらencompassing; covering (exhaustively)
  • 通信網つうしんもうcommunications network
  • 交通網こうつうもうtransportation network; transport network

あみami · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 網あみnet; netting
  • 金網かなあみwire netting; wire mesh; wire gauze
  • 網戸あみどwindow screen; insect screen

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

成り立ち

Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Everything is connected! This radical represents the invisible threads that tie us together—our relationships, the fine "silk" of our words, and the intricate weaving of our personal histories.”
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSimplified 网 · traditional, as in Japanese · wǎng

Japan keeps the traditional form 網; mainland China simplifies it to 网.

Simplified
网 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
網 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin wǎng most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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