網
netting, network
Readings
On'yomi
- モウ
Kun'yomi
- あみ
Nanori
- あ
- ずな
Meaning
網 centers on interconnected threads forming a structure: a physical net or a conceptual network. The idea of netting and network both come from this same woven, linking pattern.
Most common words using 網
20 of 211- 網あみN1
net; netting
- 網羅もうらN1
encompassing; covering (exhaustively); including (all of); comprising; comprehending
- 網膜もうまく
retina
- 網戸あみど
window screen; insect screen; mosquito screen; screen; screen door
- 一網打尽いちもうだじん
round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw
- 金網かなあみ
wire netting; wire mesh; wire gauze; chain-link mesh; chicken wire
- 網目あみめ
mesh (of a net)
- 漁網ぎょもう
fishing net
- 網棚あみだな
(overhead) luggage rack (on a train, bus, etc.)
- 定置網ていちあみ
fixed shore net; fixed shore trap; stationary trap; stationary net
- 網代あじろ
wickerwork
- 網代あみしろ
dividing up a fishing catch
- 網焼きあみやき
grilling; broiling
- 投網とあみ
cast net; casting net
- 日本テレビ放送網にっぽんテレビほうそうもう
Nippon Television Network
- 網状もうじょう
netlike; mesh-like; reticulated; vascular
- 大網だいもう
greater omentum; caul
- 天網てんもう
heaven's vengeance; heaven's net
- 通信網つうしんもうN2
communications network
- 交通網こうつうもうN1
transportation network; transport network; traffic network
Study
Etymology
網 combines 糸 (thread) with 罔, which is an old net-like shape that likely contributed both sound and meaning. Together they express a net made of threads.
Meaning mnemonic
The left side 糸 is thread, and the right side 罔 looks like a net with its crisscrossing lines. Picture threads woven into a net that can catch things or form a network.
Reading mnemonic
For モウ, imagine a fisherman mending his net while a cow moos nearby: moo -> モウ, and the net is made of threads.