网

wǎng = w + ang3

net / network

网 = 冂 + 乂 : Willy Walrus (w) followed a secret treasure map (冂) he found inside of the anglepod (ang3). Finally he arrived at his destination and sees a net (网) of vines. He brought two pairs of pliers (乂) with which he forces the net open to obtain the treasure.

网 character breakdown

网
- 乂
  - 丿
  - ㇏
- 冂
  - 丨
  - ㇆
    - 一
    - 亅

yì = y + Ø4

to regulate / to govern / to control / to mow

乂 = 丿 + ㇏ : Mnemonic symbol: 乂 looks like pliers. Maud Younger (y) is using pliers (乂) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) to regulate (乂) and control (乂) the water flow of the sink. Using the pliers she has to pull a lot of bananas (丿) and fingers (㇏) out of the sink.

jio̅ng = ju + (e)ng1

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 13), occurring in 用[yong4], 同[tong2], 網|网[wang3] etc, referred to as 同字框[tong2 zi4 kuang4]

冂 = 丨 + ㇆ : Kind of looks like a map. Zeus found a secret map that tells the location of a golden dinosaur bone in front of the engine, so he took a plough and digged up everything. He actually found a couple of dinosaur bones, but not a golden one.

Characters with 网 as component

wǎng = w + ang3

old variant of 罔[wang3]

wǎng = w + ang3

to deceive / there is none / old variant of 網|网[wang3]

liǔ = li + ou3

old variant of 罶[liu3]

wǎng = w + ang3

old variant of 魍[wang3]

Words with 网

to go online / to connect to the Internet / (of a document etc) to be uploaded to the Internet / (tennis, volleyball etc) to move in close to the net

lit. to catch everything in the one net (idiom) / fig. to scoop up the whole lot / to capture them all in one go

netbook

to cast a fishing net / (computing) to go offline

lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom) / fig. it's a life-and-death struggle / it's either him or me

China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC), the information hub of the China Earthquake Administration 中國地震局|中国地震局[Zhong1 guo2 Di4 zhen4 ju2]

China Education and Research Network (CERNET) / abbr. to 中國教育網|中国教育网[Zhong1 guo2 Jiao4 yu4 Wang3]

abbr. for 中國教育和科研計算機網|中国教育和科研计算机网[Zhong1 guo2 Jiao4 yu4 he2 Ke1 yan2 Ji4 suan4 ji1 Wang3]

China News Service website (chinanews.com)

ChinaNews (China News Service)

core network

core network / backbone network

Internet site

network

switched Ethernet

switched network

Renren (Chinese social networking website)

online version of the People's Daily, 人民日報|人民日报[Ren2 min2 Ri4 bao4]

token ring network

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lit. to fish for three days and sun-dry the nets for two days (proverb) / fig. not to persevere in doing sth / to do sth by fits and starts

Sentences with 网

网 currently does not appear in any sentence.