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Kanji Detail for 網 - "net, to net"

網

  • Meaning

    網 means "net, to net." Also associated with law.

    1. Net - A net for catching fish or animals.

    2. Law - Legal net; the law.

    3. To net - To spread a net and catch; to capture completely.

  • Words using 網

    • 通信網 つうしんもう Listen communications network
    • 網膜 もうまく Listen retina
    • 金網 かなあみ Listen wire netting; wire mesh; wire gauze
    • 交通網 こうつうもう Listen transportation network; transport network; traffic network
    • 網戸 あみど Listen window screen; insect screen; mosquito screen
    • 網羅 もうら Listen encompassing; covering (exhaustively); including (all of)

  • Four-character idioms with 網

    • 一網打尽 いちもうだじん Listen round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw

  • Tattoo check: 網

    • Verified meaning: net, to net
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あみ, あみさき, あみざき, あみはま)
    • Also carries these associations: law

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 網

    Surnames 網(あみ)Listen 網(あみさき)Listen 網(あみざき)Listen 網(あみはま)Listen 網(つな)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    netting; network

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    net, web; network

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    net; network

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    net; network

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A tool for hunting and fishing. | All that is knotted into mesh is called 網. Such as 蛛網 (spider web), 網絡 (network), and such. | What is used to control people and things is also called 網. Such as 塵網 (worldly net), 世網 (net of the world). Hence laws are also called 文網 (legal net).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    moh(モウ) モウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ami(あみ) あみ

  • Strokes

    tip

    14 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    糸 (ito・itohen)

  • Related Keywords

    net to net law mesh network capture catch entangle entrap filter grid lattice web screen spread

Sentences including 網

  • All's fish that comes to the net.

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