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Kotomora

網

netting, network

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes14

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

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  • 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

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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.