net

wǎng (wang3)

Radical no. 122 · 6 strokes (122 部首 · 6 122 bùshǒu · 6 huà)

Radical ⽹ (wǎng) — meaning: net, 6 strokes.

Origin & mnemonic

This radical originates from the pictographic depiction of a net in seal script and oracle-bone script, with vertical and horizontal strokes interlacing to form a mesh pattern.

Mnemonic: Picture a fishing net with vertical and horizontal threads crossing to form square mesh openings.

Characters with this radical (含此部首的字 hán cǐ bùshǒu de zì)

11 characters
  • hǎn

    rare

    7 strokes

  • luó

    gauze

    HSK 7

    8 strokes

  • wǎng

    old variant of 罔[wang3]

    8 strokes

  • variant of 罰|罚[fa2]

    HSK 5

    9 strokes

  • place name

    9 strokes

  • to stop

    10 strokes

  • large fishing net

    10 strokes

  • net for catching rabbits

    10 strokes

  • to implicate

    10 strokes

  • mín

    animal trap

    10 strokes

  • gāng

    stars of the Big Dipper that constitute the tail of the dipper

    10 strokes

Related radicals (相关部首 xiāngguān bùshǒu)

Same stroke count or numerically adjacent in the 214-radical set.