Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Net (wǎng) 罵 Kangxi strokes: 16 Page 949, Entry 05 Broad Rimes (Guangyun), Collected Rimes (Jiyun), Dictionary of Rimes (Yunhui), and Correct Rimes (Zhengyun): Pronounced mà. Explanations from the Origin of Chinese Characters (Shuowen): To revile. Annotation: Xu Kai states: It means to impose evil words upon others. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of the Marquis of Liu: He treated scholars lightly and was prone to reviling others. Also used interchangeably with the character pronounced mà. History of the Former Han (Qianhan), Biography of Jia Yi: Including the punishments of tattooing, cutting off the nose, shaving the head, cutting off the feet, whipping, reviling, and public execution.