JLPT N1 · 14 strokes
Kanji 網: "netting, network"
The kanji 網 means "netting, network". It is written with 14 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read モウ in on'yomi and あみ in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
モウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
あみ
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | netting, network |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 14 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 1194 of 2,501 |
Common words with 網
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 網net; netting · web
- 網network
- 情報網intelligence network; information network
- 包囲網encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement
- 網膜retina
- 金網wire netting; wire mesh; wire gauze; chain-link mesh
- 一網打尽round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw
- 網羅encompassing; covering (exhaustively); including (all of); comprising
- 網の目mesh (of a net)
- 網目mesh (of a net) · half-tone (printing)
- 連絡網contact network; phone tree; contact information for relevant people (in a given organization)
- 通信網communications network
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