帽

帽 U+2F886, 帽 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F886 ← 帨 [U+2F885] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 幩 → [U+2F887]

Translingual

Han character

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

References

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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		帽
alternative forms		冃 㡌 𧛕 𫷀 second round simplified

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (冃) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
媢	*mɯɡs, *muːʔ, *muːɡs, *muːɡ
冃	*muːɡs
冒	*muːɡs, *mɯːɡ
帽	*muːɡs
瑁	*muːɡs, *mɯːɡs, *muːɡ
賵	*m̥ʰuŋs
艒	*mɯːɡ, *muːɡ, *muːɡ
萺	*muːɡ, *muɡ
勗	*hmoɡ
勖	*hmoɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *muːɡs) : semantic 巾 (“cloth”) + phonetic 冒 (OC *muːɡs, *mɯːɡ).

Etymology

“Head cover” of the Southern indigenous people (Shuowen); “scepter cover” (Zhouli); “hat” (Hanshu).

Wanderwort of Southeastern and Eastern Asia. The explanation in Shuowen alludes to a Southern origin, hence compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *muuk ~ muək (“hat”) (Khmer មួក (muək), Mon ဒမှော် (həmok, “wide hat”)), Thai หมวก (mùuak, “hat, cap”) and Lao ໝວກ (mūak). On the other hand, this word is closely related to 冒 (mào, “to cover; hat”), Tibetan རྨོག (rmog, “helmet”) and Burmese အမောက် (a.mauk, “crest (of hair); comb”), for which Starostin posits Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mōk (“hat”), a derivative of *mō(s) (“to cover”).

Cognate with 鍪 (móu, “metal cap; helmet”).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 帽

1. hat; cap (Classifier: 頂／顶)
2. cap-like tops

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 帽子 (“hat”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		冠, 帽
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		帽子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	帽子, 帽兒
	Taiwan	帽子
	Harbin	帽子
	Singapore	帽子
	Olginsky (Mikhaylovka)	帽子
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	帽子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	帽子
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	帽子
	Xi'an	帽子
	Xining	帽子
	Xuzhou	帽子
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	帽子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	帽子
	Ürümqi	帽子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	帽子
	Wuhan	帽子
	Guiyang	帽子, 帽兒 humorous
	Guilin	帽子
	Liuzhou	帽子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	帽子
	Yangzhou	帽子
	Hefei	帽子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	帽
	Hong Kong	帽
	Dongguan	帽
	Yangjiang	帽
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	帽
	Hepu (Shatian)	帽
	Beihai	帽
	Beihai (Nankang)	帽
	Beihai (Yingpan)	頭帽
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	帽
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	帽
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	帽
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	帽
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	帽
	Móng Cái	帽
Gan	Nanchang	帽子
	Pingxiang	帽子
Hakka	Meixian	帽仔
	Yudu	帽子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	帽仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	帽仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	帽仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	帽
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	帽仔, 帽
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	帽
	Senai (Huiyang)	帽
Huizhou	Jixi	帽
Jin	Taiyuan	帽子, 帽兒
	Xinzhou	帽子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	帽
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	帽
	Matsu	帽
Southern Min	Xiamen	帽仔
	Quanzhou	帽仔
	Zhangzhou	帽仔
	Taipei	帽仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	帽仔
	Kaohsiung	帽仔
	Yilan	帽仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	帽仔
	Taichung	帽仔
	Tainan	帽仔
	Hsinchu	帽仔
	Kinmen	帽
	Penghu (Magong)	帽
	Penang (Hokkien)	帽
	Singapore (Hokkien)	帽, 帽仔
	Manila (Hokkien)	帽仔
	Chaozhou	帽
	Shantou	帽
	Shantou (Chenghai)	帽
	Jieyang	帽
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	帽
	Penang (Teochew)	帽
	Singapore (Teochew)	帽
	Pontianak (Teochew)	帽
Puxian Min	Putian	帽
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	帽
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	帽
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	帽, 帽囝
	Xianyou	帽
	Xianyou (Fengting)	帽
	Xianyou (Youyang)	帽
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	帽子, 帽
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	帽
Wu	Shanghai	帽子
	Shanghai (Chongming)	帽子
	Suzhou	帽子
	Danyang	帽子
	Hangzhou	帽兒
	Ningbo	帽子
	Wenzhou	帽
	Jinhua	帽
Xiang	Changsha	帽子
	Loudi	帽, 帽子
	Shuangfeng	帽子

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Japanese

Kanji

帽

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. cap

Readings

• Go-on: もう (mō)
• Kan-on: ぼう (bō, Jōyō)
• Kun: ずきん (zukin, 帽); おおう (ōu, 帽う)

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Korean

Hanja

帽 • (mo) (hangeul 모)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 帽 (mạo, mão, mũ)

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