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See also: 网
網 U+7DB2, 網
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7DB2
← 綱
 		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

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/
Bernhard
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
Northeastern 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
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 逮, 抓
Taiwan 捉, 抓
Singapore 捉, 抓
Cantonese Guangzhou 拉
Hong Kong 拉, 錔
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

(Jōyō kanji)

Readings

  • Go-on: もう (mō, Jōyō)←まう (mau, historical)
  • Kan-on: ぼう (bō)←ばう (bau, historical)
  • Kun: あみ (ami, 網, Jōyō)

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 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →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

Compounds

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