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罓

wǎng
radical variant

Meanings

  1. 1 net top variant radical (of 网)
  2. 2 alternate top form of the net radical, Kangxi #122

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usage
罓 is a rare alternate top form of the net radical 网. The visual difference from the standard top form 罒: 罓 shows a single internal stroke inside the rectangle, while 罒 shows two short verticals. Modern type has standardized on 罒, so 罓 mostly appears in radical tables and historical glyphs.
history
Exact origin uncertain as a separate codepoint - 罓 is best understood as a typographic preservation of an older mesh pattern for the same net pictograph 网. Encoded for completeness in CJK indexes; semantically identical to 罒 wherever it appears.
usage
Rarely encountered outside specialist contexts. For everyday reading, recognize the net family through the standard top form 罒 in 罪 (crime), 置 (place), 罚 (punish), 罗 (net/collect).

Radical

Net Kangxi #122

Productive - but inside compounds it almost never keeps the full 网 shape. The flattened top variant 罒 (网字头, 'horizontal eye') drives the everyday characters: 罗 (gauze), 罚 (punish), 罪 (crime), 置 (place), 署 (office), 罢 (cease). The shorter 罓 variant survives in a handful of forms. Strong meaning clue: trapping, snaring, cataloguing, regulating.

Forms
网 wǎng
Default 1 characters
罓 wǎng
Top 0 characters
罒 wǎngzìtóu
Top 12 characters

Stroke Order

罓 wǎng