Dong Chinese dictionary

wǎng

net

Phonosemantic compound. 网 represents the meaning and 亡 represents the sound.

Components

网 Meaning component

wǎng

net

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 网 than it was in ancient scripts.

亡 Sound component

wáng

death

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

wǎng

net; deceive; libel; negative; to deceive; there is none; old variant of 網|网[wǎng]

wǎng

old variant of 罔[wǎng]

Most common words with 罔

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	置若罔闻	to turn a deaf ear to (idiom); to pretend not to hear
	罔	to deceive
	欺君罔上	to dupe one's sovereign

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (1 verified)

Sound component in 4 characters (1 verified)

Sources