TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
網
網 ＝ 糸 ＋ 罔
ㄨㄤˇ · wǎng
noun — net, web; verb — to net, catch in a net
字源 FORM — what the parts do
糸義silk thread
罔聲wǎng — gives the sound, and is itself the older netthe net graph 网 with 亡 inside; 網 added thread on top of it
Thread (糸) over 罔 — and 罔 is already the net, the mesh graph 网 with 亡 tucked in for the sound. The thread was added when 罔 drifted off to mean "none." Knotted cords for hunting and fishing, then any mesh: 魚網、網路.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一張繩結的網（罔）撒下水，絲線（糸）收緊——魚跑不掉了。
A knotted net (罔) drops into the water; the threads (糸) draw tight — nothing swims free.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)魚網、網子— a net for fish or birds常用
→網狀— anything mesh-shaped, a web
⇒網路、上網— the internet常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
罔wǎngthe lookalike and the parent — 罔 is the bare net graph turned to mean "none"; 網 keeps the thread and the net sense