网 Radical 122 — a net; a mesh for catching fish or birds
wǎng (third tone, dipping)
a net; a mesh for catching fish or birds
Radical 1226 strokes0 characters
Also written 罒 — the same radical in a different position inside the character.
Where the shape comes from
A net woven on a frame, the crossing strands drawn as a grid — stretched wide to catch fish or birds. Compressed flat to sit atop other elements, it becomes 罒, catching a bird in 罗, a net, to gather, and catching wrongdoing itself in 罪, a crime, sin, where what is wrong is netted the way game once was.
characters filed under 网
No published character on HSK Guide is filed under this radical yet. Character explorer.