網罟

Chinese

		net; network	implicate; net for birds or fish
trad. (網罟)		網	罟
simp. (网罟)		网	罟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǎnggǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˇ ㄍㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mong⁵ gu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǎnggǔ [Phonetic: wánggǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˇ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǎnggǔ
    • Wade–Giles: wang³-ku³
    • Yale: wǎng-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woangguu
    • Palladius: вангу (vangu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mong⁵ gu²
    • Yale: móhng gú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mong⁵ gu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: mong⁵ gu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔːŋ¹³ kuː³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: mjangX kuX

Rime
Character	網	罟
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	陽 (106)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	文兩切	公戸切
Baxter	mjangX	kuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mʉɐŋX/	/kuoX/
Pan Wuyun	/mʷiɐŋX/	/kuoX/
Shao Rongfen	/miuɑŋX/	/koX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muaŋX/	/kɔX/
Li Rong	/miuaŋX/	/koX/
Wang Li	/mĭwaŋX/	/kuX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/miwaŋX/	/kuoX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wǎng	gǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mong5	gu2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*mlaŋʔ  kaːʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	網
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wǎng
Middle Chinese	‹ mjangX ›
Old Chinese	/*maŋʔ/ (or *C.maŋʔ ?)
English	net
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	網	罟
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	12676	4220
Phonetic component	亡	古
Rime group	陽	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	网	古
Old Chinese	/*mlaŋʔ/	/*kaːʔ/
Notes	同網

Noun

網罟

1. (literary) trap for fish, birds or other animals
2. (literary, figurative) net of justice; justice

   • 聖人師蜂，立君臣；師蜘蛛，立網罟；師拱鼠，制禮；師戰蟻，置兵。眾人師賢人，賢人師聖人，聖人師萬物。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     圣人师蜂，立君臣；师蜘蛛，立网罟；师拱鼠，制礼；师战蚁，置兵。众人师贤人，贤人师圣人，圣人师万物。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 《關尹子/关尹子》, 300s BCE

     Shèngrén shī fēng, lì jūnchén; shī zhīzhū, lì wǎnggǔ; shī gǒngshǔ, zhì lǐ; shī zhàn yǐ, zhì bīng. Zhòngrén shī xiánrén, xiánrén shī shèngrén, shèngrén shī wànwù. [Pinyin]

     The sages learned from the bees to have monarchs and subjects, and they learned from the spiders to have nets of justice. They learned from the ground squirrels to establish politeness, and they learned from the warring ants to deploy armies. The masses learn from the worthies, the worthies learn from the sages, and the sages learn from the myriad things.

Derived terms

• 網罟座／网罟座 (Wǎnggǔzuò)