What ⺳ means
It marks a net component in character references. Radicals are components used to sort or describe characters.
An older Chinese net sign pictured crossed cords for fishing and hunting; the early Chinese dictionary Shuowen Jiezi records this use. Later senses include networks and entrapment. 罔 adds 亡 (“lost”); 網 adds 糸, the silk/thread radical.
Dictionary and character-analysis notation; alone, it signals a reference context.
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Don't confuse it with
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Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does ⺳ show as a box on some devices?
Not every system ships a font for the CJK Radicals Supplement block. Where none is installed, the character shows as an empty box; adding a font such as Noto fixes it. The character itself is still correct and copies correctly.
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How to type or find ⺳
- Search it as
- ⺳ · 㓁 · 网 · 罔 · 網 · 罒 · net radical · Kangxi radical
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
⺳\2EB3Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.