Learn to Write Chinese Characters with Video Tutorials
Watch the video of writing the Chinese character "网", learn the correct stroke order (笔顺) of the character "网", and master the standard way of writing the character "网".
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Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "网" in Portrait Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
网
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【本义】: 鱼捕捉鸟兽的工具
1. A tool made of rope, thread, etc., used for fishing and catching birds.
例: 鱼网 (fishing net). 网罗 (to trap). 网开一面 (to be lenient). 网漏吞舟 (a metaphor for laws being too lenient, allowing evildoers to escape).
2. 形状像网的东西 (sth. resembling net).
例: 电网 (electrical grid). 发网 (signal network).
3. 像网一样的纵横交错的组织或系统 (an organization or system resembling a net).
例: 网点 (network points). 通信网 (communication network). 天罗地网 (a complex web).
4. 用网捕捉 (to capture using a net).
例: 网到一条大鱼 (to net a big fish).
5. 像网似的笼罩着 (to envelop like a net).
例: 眼睛里网着红丝 (red threads clouding the eyes).
【引】
- 《说文》: 网,庖牺所结绳以渔 (net is made of cords for fishing).
- 《广雅》: 网,谓之罟 (net, also called "gu").
- 《盐铁论·刑德》: 网疏则兽失 (if the net is loose, the beast escapes).
【例】
- 鱼网 (net for fishing); 网户 (fisherman's house); 网密 (fine mesh); 网丝 (spider web); 网虫 (referring to spiders); 网罛 (a net for fishing).
2. 泛指多孔而状如网的东西 (sth. resembling net).
例: 网户 (window with grating); 乒乓球网 (table tennis net); 雷达网 (radar network); 无线电通讯网 (radio communication network); 法网 (law net); 电网 (power grid).
3. 喻指法律,法令 (law).
例: 网密 (laws are strict); 网禁 (law prohibition); 网辟 (referring to legal provisions); 网墨 (legal codes).
4. 指周密的组织或系统 (system).
例: 关系网 (network of relationships); 统治网 (ruling network).
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1. 用网捕鱼 (to fish using a net).
例: 网了一条鱼 (caught a fish with a net); 网利 (to gain benefits for oneself).
2. 比喻笼罩 (to envelop; to shroud).
例: 网夕阳 (the sunset is enveloped).
3. 搜罗;收容 (to gather-together).
例: 《商君书·赏利》: 则不能以非功网上利 (cannot benefit oneself without merit).
例: 《续资治通鉴》: 又起广乐园,多萃名倡巨贾以网大利,有司莫敢忤 (many prominent merchants gathered for benefits, and officials dare not oppose).
lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73) / fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape / you can't run from the long arm of the law