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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
Glyph origin
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
Mandarin
(Standard )
(Pinyin ) : wǎng (wang3 )
(Zhuyin ) : ㄨㄤˇ
(Chengdu , Sichuanese Pinyin ) : wang3
(Dungan , Cyrillic and Wiktionary ) : вон (von, II)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou –Hong Kong , Jyutping ) : mong5
(Taishan , Wiktionary ) : mong2
Gan (Wiktionary ) : uong3
Hakka
(Sixian , PFS ) : mióng
(Hailu , HRS ) : miongˊ
(Meixian , Guangdong ) : miong3
Jin (Wiktionary ) : von2
Northern Min (KCR ) : mòng
Eastern Min (BUC ) : mê̤ng / uōng
Southern Min
(Hokkien , POJ ) : bāng / bǎng / bóng
(Teochew , Peng'im ) : mang6
Wu (Shanghai , Wugniu ) : 6 maon
Xiang (Changsha , Wiktionary ) : uan3
Note :
mê̤ng - vernacular;
uōng - literary.
Note :
bāng/bǎng - vernacular;
bóng - literary.
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
net ; web
network
the Internet ; the Web
上網 / 上网 ― shàngwǎng ― to go on the Internet
internet connection
我 的 網 斷 了 。/ 我 的 网 断 了 。 ― Wǒ de wǎng duàn le. ― My Internet stopped working.
( 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 .
to net; to catch with a net
to cover ; to enclose ; to net
( Mainland China Hokkien ) to meticulously patch ( a sewing technique )
( 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 ) :
互聯網 / 互联网 ( Hùliánwǎng ) 因特網 / 因特网 ( Yīntèwǎng ) 網絡 / 网络 ( Wǎngluò ) ( Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau ) 網路 / 网路 ( Wǎnglù ) ( chiefly Taiwan ) 網際網絡 / 网际网络 ( Wǎngjì Wǎngluò ) ( Mainland China, Hong Kong ) 網際網路 / 网际网路 ( Wǎngjì Wǎnglù ) ( chiefly Taiwan ) 英特網 / 英特网 ( Yīngtèwǎng )
Dialectal synonyms of
網站 (“website”)
Pronunciation 2
Definitions
網
( Quanzhou Hokkien ) to catch someone; to arrest
( Quanzhou Hokkien ) to steal ; to snatch
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
逮捕 (“to arrest”)
( to steal ) : 竊取 / 窃取 (qièqǔ )
Compounds
Descendants
Others :
References
Japanese
Kanji
網
(Jōyō kanji )
Readings
Etymology 1
Verbal noun of 編む .
Pronunciation
Noun
網( あみ ) • (ami )
net , netting
Etymology 2
Middle Chinese 網 ( mʉɐŋX )
Pronunciation
Suffix
網( もう ) • (-mō )
network
References
^ Matsumura, Akira , editor (2006 ), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo : Sanseidō , →ISBN
↑ 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute , editor (1998 ), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (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
Wikisource
網 (eumhun 그물 망 ( geumul mang ) )
hanja form? of 망 ( “ net ” )
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
web , net
a hammock
Compounds