網

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See also: 网
網 U+7DB2, 網
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7DB2
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 綳 →

Translingual

Han character

網 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 女火月廿女 (VFBTV), four-corner 27920, composition ⿰糹罔)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 928, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27577
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1365, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3414, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+7DB2

Chinese

trad. 網
simp. 网
alternative forms 网 ancient
䋄／纲
䋞／𮉦
𦋟
𦁒

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 網
Shang Western Zhou Spring and Autumn Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Libian (compiled in Qing)
Bronze inscriptions Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Bronze inscriptions Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Qin slip script Shizhoupian script Ancient script Small seal script Clerical script
Characters in the same phonetic series (亡) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
忙 *maːŋ
芒 *maːŋ, *maŋ
茫 *maːŋ
恾 *maːŋ
吂 *maːŋ, *maːŋs
汒 *maːŋ, *maŋs
朚 *maːŋ, *hmaːŋ, *maŋ, *mraːŋ, *mraːŋs
邙 *maːŋ, *maŋ
杗 *maːŋ, *maŋ
荒 *hmaːŋ, *hmaːŋs
肓 *hmaːŋ
衁 *hmaːŋ
巟 *hmaːŋ
詤 *hmaːŋ, *hmaːŋʔ, *hmaŋʔ
慌 *hmaːŋ, *hmaːŋʔ
謊 *hmaːŋʔ
喪 *smaːŋs, *smaːŋ
亡 *maŋ
望 *maŋ, *maŋs
莣 *maŋ
朢 *maŋ, *maŋs
鋩 *maŋ
硭 *maŋ
忘 *maŋ, *maŋs
网 *mlaŋʔ
罔 *mlaŋʔ
蛧 *maŋʔ
網 *mlaŋʔ
輞 *maŋʔ
棢 *maŋʔ
惘 *maŋʔ
菵 *maŋʔ
誷 *maŋʔ
魍 *maŋʔ
妄 *maŋs
盲 *mraːŋ
蝱 *mraːŋ
虻 *mraːŋ
氓 *mraːŋ
甿 *mraːŋ

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

Etymology

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).

Pronunciation 1

Note:
  • mê̤ng - vernacular;
  • uōng - literary.
Note:
  • bāng/bǎng - vernacular;
  • bóng - literary.
  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 網
Mandarin Beijing /uɑŋ²¹⁴/
Harbin /uaŋ²¹³/
Tianjin /vɑŋ¹³/
Jinan /vaŋ⁵⁵/
Qingdao /vaŋ⁵⁵/
Zhengzhou /uaŋ⁵³/
Xi'an /vaŋ⁵³/
Xining /uɔ̃⁵³/
Yinchuan /vɑŋ⁵³/
Lanzhou /vɑ̃⁴⁴²/
Ürümqi /vɑŋ⁵¹/
Wuhan /uaŋ⁴²/
Chengdu /uaŋ⁵³/
Guiyang /uaŋ⁴²/
Kunming /uã̠⁵³/
Nanjing /uaŋ²¹²/
Hefei /uɑ̃²⁴/
Jin Taiyuan /vɒ̃⁵³/
Pingyao /uɑŋ⁵³/
Hohhot /vɑ̃⁵³/
Wu Shanghai /mɑ̃²³/
Suzhou /mɑ̃³¹/
Hangzhou /mɑŋ⁵³/
Wenzhou /muɔ³⁵/
Hui Shexian /o³⁵/
Tunxi /mau²⁴/
Xiang Changsha /uan⁴¹/
Xiangtan /ɔn⁴²/
Gan Nanchang /uɔŋ²¹³/
Hakka Meixian /mioŋ³¹/
Taoyuan /mioŋ³¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /mɔŋ²³/
Nanning /mɔŋ²⁴/
Hong Kong /mɔŋ¹³/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /bɔŋ²²/
/baŋ²²/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /uoŋ³²/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /mɔŋ⁴²/
Shantou (Teochew) /maŋ³⁵/
Haikou (Hainanese) /maŋ³³/
Rime
Character 網
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 陽 (106)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 文兩切
Baxter mjangX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/mʉɐŋX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/mʷiɐŋX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/miuɑŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/muaŋX/
Li
Rong 		/miuaŋX/
Wang
Li 		/mĭwaŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/miwaŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		wǎng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		mong5
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 網
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		wǎng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ mjangX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*maŋʔ/ (or *C.maŋʔ ?)
English net

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 網
Reading # 1/1
No. 12676
Phonetic
component 		亡
Rime
group 		陽
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		网
Old
Chinese 		/*mlaŋʔ/
Notes 同網

Definitions

網

  1. net; web
  2. network
  3. the Internet; the Web
    上網／上网  ―  shàngwǎng  ―  to go on the Internet
  4. internet connection
    我的網斷了。／我的网断了。  ―  Wǒ de wǎng duàn le.  ―  My Internet stopped working.
  5. (Cantonese) website (Classifier: 個／个 c)
    我整咗個網。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    我整咗个网。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    ngo5 zing2 zo2 go3 mong5.
    I made a website.
  6. to net; to catch with a net
  7. to cover; to enclose; to net
  8. (Mainland China Hokkien) to meticulously patch (a sewing technique)
  9. (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to steal; to snatch
Synonyms
  • (network): (Mainland China, Hong Kong) 網絡／网络 (wǎngluò), (chiefly Taiwan) 網路／网路 (wǎnglù)
  • (the Internet):
  • (website):
Dialectal synonyms of 網站 (“website”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 網站
Mandarin Taiwan 網站
Singapore 網站
Cantonese Hong Kong 網站, 網
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 網站
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 網站
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 網站
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 網站
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 網站
  • (to cover):

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

網

  1. (Quanzhou Hokkien) to catch someone; to arrest
  2. (Quanzhou Hokkien) to steal; to snatch
Synonyms
  • (to arrest):
Dialectal synonyms of 逮捕 (“to arrest”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 逮捕, 拘捕, 捕捉, 緝捕, 捉拿
Mandarin Beijing 逮, 抓
Taiwan 捉, 抓
Singapore 捉, 抓
Cantonese Guangzhou 拉
Hong Kong 拉
Singapore (Guangfu) 拉
Hakka Meixian 捉
Southern Min Xiamen 緝掠
Quanzhou 網, 網董
Tainan 掠
Penang (Hokkien) 掠
Singapore (Hokkien) 掠
Manila (Hokkien) 掠
Singapore (Teochew) 掠
Wu Shanghai 捕
Ningbo 揢
Wenzhou 拔

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (網):
  • → Japanese: 網(もう) (mō)
  • → Korean: 망(網) (mang)
  • → Vietnamese: võng (網)

Others:

References

Japanese

Kanji

網

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
網
あみ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Verbal noun of 編む.

Pronunciation

Noun

網(あみ) • (ami) 

  1. net, netting

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
網
もう
Grade: S
on’yomi

Middle Chinese 網 (mʉɐŋX)

Pronunciation

Suffix

網(もう) • (-mō) 

  1. network

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 網 (MC mjangX). Recorded as Middle Korean 마ᇰ〮 (máng) (Yale: máng) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Pronunciation

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

網 (eumhun 그물 망 (geumul mang))

  1. Hanja form? of 망 (“net”).

Compounds

Compounds

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

網: Hán Nôm readings: võng

  1. web, net
  2. a hammock
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