The Chinese Radical: 网


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Meaning
net    网

Explanation sometimes simplified to 罒.

Used in these characters:
HSK 3
net, network
wǎng

Image of a dragnet having the net 罒 in the upper section and two drag ropes at the sides. As a radical it is often simplified to 罒.  
HSK 5
to punish, to penalize

Top: variant of eye 罒, bottom: word 讠/言, knife 刂
You can use a (deprecating) stare, words or knifes for: punishing.  
HSK 5
patrol, logic
luó
Left: movement 辶, right: to sift 罗 (With the net 罒 we sifted until evening 夕.)
The eye 罒 moves in the evening 夕 at a patrol, (where it is best to proceed logically).  
HSK 5
to place, position, to install, to put
zhì
Top: eye 罒, below: straight 直 (Ten 十 eyes 目 watch the base line __ which is straight.)
The eye sees directly what has been placed in that position.  
HSK 5
virtue, goodness, ethics, character, Germany

Left: to go 彳, right: ten 十, eye/net 罒, one 一, heart 心
Going with ten eyes and only one heart demands German virtue.  
HSK 5
to arrange, to exhibit, to move to and from, a pendulum
bǎi
Left: hand 扌, right: cease, quit 罢 (In a drag net 罒 [cf. 网] you are left 去 and it will cease) [leave= 去 =Below ground 土 is the nose 厶, which has left]
The hand shall quit with arranging and moving things.  
HSK 6
cover, fish trap (basket), shade
zhào
Top: net 罒, bottom: excellent 卓 ([Before the day happens:] Fortune telling 卜 early at the morning 早 is excellent)
A net is excellent as a cover.  
HSK 6
sin, crime, guilt, blame
zuì
Top: eye 罒, below: not 非 (opposed wings 羽)
The eyes do not want to see these sins and crimes.  
HSK 6
to cease, stop, dismiss, suspend, quit
bà, ba
Top: eye/drag net 罒 (cf.网), below: to leave 去 (Below ground 土 is the nose 厶, which has left.)
In the drag net you are left: It's coming to cease.  
HSK 6
rare, seldom
hǎn
Top: Variant of hole 穴 (It is covered 宀 and a narrowing path 八 leads into the cave), bottom: dry 干 (laundry rack)
(Water collects in holes) A hole that is dry is rare and seldom.  
HSK 6
unexpectedly, to stare blankly, distracted, rashly
lèng
Left: feelings 忄, right: net 罒, direction 方
The feeling, that the net works in one direction, was unexpected.  
HSK 6
government office, bureau, to sign
shǔ
Top: eye 罒, below: person 者 (old man 耂 on the sun 日)
These "eyes" are above the (normal) persons: the government office.  
HSK 6
belittle, ignore, nothing
miè
From top: grass/plant 艹, eye 罒 (With the pupil ロ in the center), garrison 戍 (= The persons 人 (= ノ & 一) at the halberds 戈)
(When crossing the border illegally, you need to crawl lying flat.) If your eyes are below the grass, the garrison will neglect you, but also might despise you.  
HSK 6
(final exclamatory particle)
luō
Left: mouth 口, right: sift 罗 (With the net 罒 until the evening 夕 whe have to sift it.)
The mouth is sifted with this exclamation.  
no HSK
nobility, duke, baron, lord
jué
Top: hand reaching down 爫, net/eye 罒 (here: plate 皿), below: var of food 食, skillful hand 寸
A hand reaches down to the plates to serve food skillfully to the nobility.  
no HSK
radish, turnip, creeping plant
luó
Top: plant 艹, bottom: to sift 罗 (with the net 罒 to sift until evening 夕)
The plants that need to be sift are the radish/turnip.  
no HSK
to sift, gauze, to collect, chatty
luó
Fishing net or variant of eyes 罒, bottom: evening 夕 (When the moon 月 is not yet fully there, it is only evening.)
With the net until the evening: We have to sift it.  
no HSK
gong
luó
Left: metal 金, right: to sift 罗 (with the net 罒 to sift until evening 夕, here: bell's body 罒 and bell's bolt 夕)
Made of metal and with a bell's body and bolt: A gong.  
no HSK
corner, edge, square beam
léng
Left: tree 木, right: drag net/eye 罒, direction, square 方
Made of wood and you can arrange three 罒 in a direction: the cornered square beams.  
no HSK
bridle, halter, to restrain, to detain, to lodge, inn

Top: net 罒/网, bottom: leather 革 (Horned 廿 animals have a skin 口 of leather.), horse 马/馬
The 'net' made of leather for the horse is: the bridle.  
no HSK
potato, yam
shǔ
Top: plant 艹, bottom: government office 署 (The eyes 罒 above the persons 者 are a government office.)
(Potatoes are harvested with a rake [here: 罒 net], which is used to furrow the ground.) The plant that is (harvested) with the rake of a person is the: potato.  
no HSK
daybreak, dawn, the dawn of a new epoch (metaphor)
shǔ
Left: sun 日, right: government office 署 (The eyes 罒 above the persons 者 are a government office.) [see the similarity to: heat 暑]
When the sun 日 is still flat without heat 暑 (this sun 日 is 90°-rotated 罒 over a person 者), we are in the dawn.  
no HSK
larva, caterpillar, abbr. for Sichuan 四川
shǔ
Top: net 罒 (cf. net 网), bottom: enwrap 勹 and insect 虫
It has a 'net' for enwrapping. This insect is: the larva.  
no HSK
disconcerted, discouraged, dejected, disappointed
wǎng
Left: feelings 忄, right: net for dead-capture 罔 (net 网, with a trawl 罒 and two trawl lines 冂, inside: to die 亡 [= coffin in cross-section])
When my feelings are caught in a net until they die, I am disconcerted.  
no HSK
bracelet, armband
zhuó
Left: metal 钅/金, right: larva, caterpillar 蜀 (It has a 'net' 罒 for enwrapping 勹. This insect 虫 is: the larva)
This metal is bent like a caterpillar: the bracelet.  
no HSK
stars of the Big Dipper
gāng
Top: 罒 (here: 3 stars ロ next to each other), bottom: correct 正 (To stop 止 at the line 一 is correct)
The three (stars) are correct if the show the: Big Dipper.  

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