Wei Collection, Middle Volume. Radical: Net (wǎng). Kangxi stroke count: 16. Page 949, Entry 01. Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui), Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced ma (falling tone). Explanation from the Origin of Chinese Characters (Shuowen): To scold. Note: Xu Kai says: This means to add evil words and cover someone with them. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Marquis Liu: Treating scholars lightly and being good at scolding. Also written in a variant form (ma). Book of Han (Hanshu), Biography of Jia Yi: Similar to the methods of tattooing, cutting off the nose, shaving the head, cutting off the feet, whipping, scolding, and public execution.