wǎng
net
Pictograph of a net.
Evolution
![网 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC) 网 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E7%BD%91_0.png)
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)![网 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD) 网 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E7%BD%91_11.png)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)![网 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD) 网 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E7%BD%91_16.png)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernComponent uses
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*maŋʔ (or *C.maŋʔ ?) | mjangX | wǎng | net |
Statistics
HSK level 2
Appears in 38.8275% of movies
897th most common character in movies
605th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 6 |
Traditional | |
Unicode | U+7F51 |
Shuowen | “网,庖犧所結繩以漁。从冂,下象网交文。,网或从亡;,网或从糸;,古文网;,籀文网。” |
Sources
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