络

絡
lào
#1,116 most
frequent character
small net

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

络 has 纟 (silk threads) as the meaning part and 各 gè as the sound part. It first meant 'coarse silk,' then grew to 'net-like' and 'to catch with a net.' The sound link is hard to see today.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

络luò
net-like object

Homophones

涝lào
waterlogged, inundated
落lào
colloquial reading for 落[luo4] in certain compounds
乐lào
used in place names

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