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wǎng = w + ang3
net / network
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How to pronounce 网

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= w initial

Wu is for Willy Walrus.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago
+ ang3 final

In the anglepod’s living room.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

网 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
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]
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= y + Ø4
to regulate / to govern / to control / to mow
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Characters with 网 as component

two / both / some / a few / tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)
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liǔ = li + ou3
old variant of 罶[liu3]
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wǎng = w + ang3
old variant of 魍[wang3]
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Words with 网

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Sentences with 网

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wǎng

net / network

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