帽

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 巾 (“cloth”) + phonetic 冒 – a cloth hat.

Han character

帽 (radical 50 巾+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 中月日月山 (LBABU), four-corner 4626₀, composition ⿰巾冒)

1. hat, cap
2. cap-like tops

References

• KangXi: page 333, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8971
• Dae Jaweon: page 640, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 747, character 8
• Unihan data for U+5E3D

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Cantonese

Hanzi

帽 (jyutping mou6, Yale mou6)

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Japanese

Kanji

帽 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: ぼう (bō), もう (mō)
• Kun: ぼうし (bōshi)

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Korean

Hanja

帽 (hangeul 모, revised mo, McCune-Reischauer mo)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

帽 (pinyin mào (mao4), Wade-Giles mao⁴)

Compounds

• 鸭舌帽

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Vietnamese

Han character

帽 (mạo, mão, mũ)