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罔

wǎng

net

Phonosemantic compound. 网 represents the meaning and 亡 represents the sound.

Components
网 meaning component

网  Meaning component

wǎng

  

net

亡 sound component

亡  Sound component

wáng

  

death

Evolution

罔 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
罔 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
罔 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
罔 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

罔  

wǎng

net; deceive; libel; negative; to deceive; there is none; old variant of 網|网[wǎng]

罔 (㒺) 

wǎng

old variant of 罔[wǎng]

Most common words with 罔
Freq.
Word
Meaning

置若罔闻

to turn a deaf ear to (idiom); to pretend not to hear

罔

to deceive

欺君罔上

to dupe one's sovereign

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (1 verified)

網

Sound component in 4 characters (1 verified)

網 惘 魍 辋

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*maŋʔ (or *C.maŋʔ ?)

mjangX

wǎng

net


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4200th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+7F54

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。”


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