網 fishnet, netting; screening material; network, mesh, webbing, web-like, seine 糸,罔,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

モウ
MO　U

Kun-yomi

あみ
a　mi

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

糸

シ,いと stringy stinky and silk-like

　TINY SMALLEST YOUNGEST with EMISSION STREAM
　

罔

モウ,ボウ,あみ,しい,ない to deceive others or oneself, there is none, there wasn't any, I ain't done it, nope, liar, no basis, libel, slander

　SPURTING within SPREAD LEGS and UNSEEN
…or: GUSHING SHAFT INSIDE SPREAD LEGS with DEATH
　

Meanings of elements

STRINGY THREADS, PENILE EMISSIONS, RAW FISHY-SMELLING STUFF with TO DECEIVE

「Threads」with「deception, spread stance with unseen death」as FISHNETS, especially trawling fishnets, normally are made from thin ropes as netting「threads」and have thick ropes tied to the periphery for hauling them in.「Unseen, death」meaning a net used for trapping and sometimes killing, such as a gillnet or in a「dragnet」and to emphasize that a net functions most effectively when it remains「unseen」by the intended prey…this sort of explanation reminds one of fishnet stockings, or, at least, it should.
The sages were indeed visionaries, combining「ejaculation spurts unseen in spread legs」to describe the WorldWideWeb, or InterNET and the plethora of edited digital imagery (「penile emissions and deception, liar」)…you've really gotta admire the depth of understanding these guys had, despite all their unabashed glyphs. [That was sarcasm, Claude—did you not note the use of "really gotta"?]
Nevertheless, while it would seem that the sages were clairvoyant, actually the glyph elements are for a slightly different reason: formerly「ejaculations in net of death unseen」and referring to a FISHNET other than the content of a woman's stockings perhaps, due to it being one cause that triggers male fish ejaculations. A fishnet naturally causes many fish to be drawn into close proximity to one another, particularly as the net closes. The triggering mechanism for male fish ejaculation, unlike most human males but similar to many human male passengers with a preference for using a crowded train system, is the proximity to the eggs of a female, any female—she may have even already departed (as in「no basis for ejaculation」), but if her pheromones linger,…pishshsheeeeew!. Close proximity, even for a few moments, causes male fish to blast their wad into the surrounding waters. At least, netted male fish die with a smile, if not with their boots on.

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: net; network
Japanese EDRDG: netting, network
Unihan extended: net, web; network

Used within names (nanori)
あ　･　ずな

Always keep in mind that these glyphs most likely were originally designed by groups of clever old men as vulgar riddles for their own entertainment (see 籒 for that), representing Chinese society many thousands of years ago, but intended NOT as a written or spoken language when created. If these glyphs had been intended for language use, the sages could not have possibly designed a worse system! Is it truly possible that all these glyphs started out as off-color jokes and puzzles? Yes! It is, and often with multiple correct answers to each riddle, the same as is true today. Sex had no shame in ancient China. Why would it? But, have there been necessary rewrites and altered explanations of the original elemental meanings over the centuries?

No one is suggesting these glyphs depict contemporary life in China, Japan, or anywhere else. This site describes glyph meanings, not people. These glyphs however, describe many and various things, including people, long before there were any notions of becoming politically incorrect. The question to be answered is, should these glyphs continue being used, by anyone, anywhere, for expressing language? (More...) Despite how seemingly bad our human existence is today, do you actually believe that the so-called good old days were any better? Or could they have been worse?

By the way, with a limited number of the same elements used by the sages again and again to form these glyphs, you should expect to find the same explanations again and again, as tedious as that may become, and as an inherent trait of any lexicon. This site explains multiple meanings of glyphs ignored or censored by other sources, generally as being too embarrassing to admit today.