罾

罾 · zēng

a large square net, lowered and raised from the bank of the river

Entry ↗

Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
zēng
Cantonese
zang1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

a large square net, lowered and raised from the bank of the river

Dictionary definitions & readings

罾 zēng · large square net

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
42926.150:zēng Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1446.050:zēng Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
461.080:zēng Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
zēng粵zang1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ソウ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
증:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
作滕 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
WLCWA Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
6060.6 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0949.330 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
201.23 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0884f Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+7F7E
Radical
网 · 122
Strokes
17
Residual strokes
12
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6239

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

17 strokes
罾
Strokes
17
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

17 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
tsong · 作滕 · 曾開一平登精 · #973

PHONO-ML, source line 7673; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1066.207
kCowles
4492
kDaeJaweon
1391.170
kGSR
0884f
kHanYu
42926.150
kIRGDaeJaweon
1391.170
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
42926.150
kIRGKangXi
0949.330
kKangXi
0949.330
kMatthews
6768
kMeyerWempe
3274
kMorohashi
28370
kSBGY
201.23
kSMSZD2003Index
536.14
kCangjie
WLCWA
kFourCornerCode
6060.6
kMojiJoho
MJ020577
kPhonetic
68
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G0-6E40
kIRG_HSource
HB2-EDE3
kIRG_JSource
J14-7471
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-68CE
kIRG_KSource
K1-6D78
kIRG_TSource
T2-5E50
kRSUnicode
122.12
kTotalStrokes
17
kBigFive
EDE3
kCCCII
22746B
kCNS1986
2-5E50
kCNS1992
2-5E50
kEACC
22746B
kGB0
7832
kGB1
7832
kJIS0213
2,84,81
kJis1
5303
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
9088
kTGH
2013:6239
kTaiwanTelegraph
9003
kXerox
277:051
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+18391+122.5.12
kCantonese
zang1
kDefinition
a large square net, lowered and raised from the bank of the river
kFanqie
作滕
kHangul
증:1N
kHanyuPinyin
42926.150:zēng
kJapanese
ソウ
kJapaneseOn
SOU
kKorean
CUNG
kMandarin
zēng
kSMSZD2003Readings
zēng粵zang1
kTGHZ2013
461.080:zēng
kTang
tzəng
kXHC1983
1446.050:zēng

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 罾0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
罒 above 曾 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿱罒曾$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱罒曾$(GHTJKP)

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