net / network

= + : Willy Walrus (w) followed a secret treasure map (冂) he found inside of the anglepod (ang3). Finally he arrived at his destination and sees a net (网) of vines. He brought two pairs of pliers (乂) with which he forces the net open to obtain the treasure.

网 character breakdown

to regulate / to govern / to control / to mow

= 丿 + : Mnemonic symbol: 乂 looks like pliers. Maud Younger (y) is using pliers (乂) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) to regulate (乂) and control (乂) the water flow of the sink. Using the pliers she has to pull a lot of bananas (丿) and fingers (㇏) out of the sink.
radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 13), occurring in 用[yong4], 同[tong2], 網|网[wang3] etc, referred to as 同字框[tong2 zi4 kuang4]

= + : Mnemonic symbol from the shape of the character: kind of looks like a map.

Zeus (ju) found a secret map (冂) that tells the location of a golden dinosaur bone (丨) in front of the engine ((e)ng1), so he took a plow (㇆) and dug up everything. He actually found a couple of dinosaur bones, but not a golden one.

Characters with 网 as component

old variant of 罔[wang3]
to deceive / there is none / old variant of 網|网[wang3]
old variant of 罶[liu3]
old variant of 魍[wang3]

Words with 网

to throw a net
to intercept at the net (volleyball, tennis etc) / to block
dragnet / trawl / trawlnet
Sohu, Chinese web portal and online media company
lit. the wind cannot be caught in a net / to waste one's effort (idiom)
net ball / let (tennis etc)
to net sth / to catch sth with a net

Sentences with 网

网 currently does not appear in any sentence.