The kanji 網 means "net," "web," or "network." It refers to a structure of connected threads, wires, or other materials used to catch things, trap animals, or to form a system. It can also figuratively represent a network or a complex arrangement.

・On-yomi (音読み): モウ (mō) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): あみ (ami)

⚫︎ インターネットの網 Translation: The Internet network. ⚫︎ 魚を網で捕る Translation: To catch fish with a net. ⚫︎ 情報網 Translation: Information network.

The kanji 網 is a pictographic compound. It combines the radical 糸 (糸, ito - "thread" or "silk") with the sound component 冈 (kang - this component is a simplified form of a character representing a boundary or a border). The radical 糸 indicates that the character relates to threads or fibers, and 冈 contributes to the sound and suggests a structure or framework. Thus, the character originated to represent a net or a woven structure made of threads.