网 wǎng net; network

Made up of [冂 jiōng covering box radical 13]
Similar looking characters : 风 fēng (wind)
Alternative traditional form of character: 網
Made with 6 strokes.
Originally a pictogram of a net but then became complicated before recent simplification back to original form

Related characters


Also uses 冂 jiōng component: 冈 gāng (ridge) 见 jiàn (see) 丽 lì (beautiful) 两 liǎng (pair) 南 nán (south) 内 nèi (inner) 尚 shàng (still) 商 shāng (commerce) 同 tóng (same) 雨 yǔ (rain) 再 zài (again) 周 zhōu (circuit)

Sounds same

王 wǎng (monarch) 往 wǎng (towards)

Different tone

尢 wāng (lame) 亡 wáng (to die) 忘 wàng (to forget) 妄 wàng (absurd)
This character is also represented as a radical in the form: 罒 wǎng

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Pronunciation

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stroke order for 网
Stroke order for character 网, kindly provided under Wikimedia creative commons license ➚

Proverbs

不撒大网不得大鱼 bù sǎ dà wǎng bù dé dà yú Need to think big if to succeed
网开一面 wǎng kāi yī miàn To give someone a chance of escape