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网

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net; web; network; to net; to catch with a net

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HSK 3.0
Level 1
Old HSK
Level 3
Strokes
6
Radical
网 itself
Structure
Top enclosure 上包
Traditional
網
Common rank
#197
Unicode
U+7F51

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Formation & memory

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How 网 is formed

Pictograph (象形字)

A net for catching fish

Components 冂 乂 ×2

How to remember it

net · Heisig RSH #1172

glass cover + sheaf

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 网

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
上网 shàng wǎng to go online; to connect to the Internet; (of a document etc) to be uploaded to the Intern…
网上 wǎng shàng online
网友 wǎng yǒu online friend; netizen; Internet user
人人网 Rén rén Wǎng Renren (Chinese social networking website)
网开一面 wǎng kāi yī miàn open the net on one side (idiom); let the caged bird fly; to give one's opponent a way out…
天罗地网 tiān luó dì wǎng inescapable net (idiom); trap; dragnet
网开三面 wǎng kāi sān miàn to leave the net open on three sides (idiom); let the caged bird fly; to give one's oppone…
中新网 Zhōng xīn wǎng ChinaNews (China News Service)
子网 zǐ wǎng subnetwork
人民网 Rén mín wǎng online version of the People's Daily, 人民日報|人民日报[Ren2 min2 Ri4 bao4]
无网格法 wú wǎng gé fǎ meshless method (numerical simulation); meshfree method
天网 Tiān wǎng Skynet (nationwide video surveillance system in China)
无线网路 wú xiàn wǎng lù (Tw) wireless network; Wi-Fi
国家电网公司 Guó jiā Diàn wǎng Gōng sī State Grid Corporation of China
网安 wǎng ān cybersecurity (abbr. for 網絡安全|网络安全[wang3 luo4 an1 quan2])
上网本 shàng wǎng běn netbook
电网 diàn wǎng electricity grid; power grid; electrified wire netting
发网 fà wǎng hairnet
公网 gōng wǎng (computing) public network; wide area network; Internet
公路网 gōng lù wǎng road network