沐

See also: 沭

沐 U+6C90, 沐 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C90 ← 沏 [U+6C8F] CJK Unified Ideographs 沑 → [U+6C91]

Translingual

Han character

沐 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 水木 (ED), four-corner 3419₀, composition ⿰氵木)

Derived characters

• 𣒑, 𬇪, 𣸴, 𤄄, 莯, 霂, 𭎦

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 611, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17201
• Dae Jaweon: page 1003, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1558, character 7
• Unihan data for U+6C90

Chinese

simp. and trad.		沐
alternative forms		沭 erroneous

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
木	*moːɡ
沐	*moːɡ
朷	*taːw, *moːɡ
蚞	*moːɡ
霂	*moːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *moːɡ): semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 木 (OC *moːɡ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mù (mu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): muk⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): muk

  (Hailu, HRS): mug

  (Meixian, Guangdong): mug⁶

• Eastern Min (BUC): mŭk
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): borh⁷
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bo̍k / bok / bak

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mog⁸

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁸moq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mù
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mù
    • Wade–Giles: mu⁴
    • Yale: mù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muh
    • Palladius: му (mu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: muk⁶
    • Yale: muhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: muk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mʊk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: muk
    • Hakka Romanization System: mug^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mug⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /muk̚²/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: mug
    • Sinological IPA: /muk⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: mug⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /mʊk̚⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: mŭk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muʔ⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: borh⁷
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: bo̤̍h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɒʔ⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k
    • Tâi-lô: bo̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bok
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔk̚¹²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔk̚²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /bɔk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bok
    • Tâi-lô: bok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bog
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔk̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bak
    • Tâi-lô: bak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bag
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /bak̚³²/

Note:

• bok - “to sink into; to put into”;
• bak - “to get stained; to moisten; to get involved with”.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: mog⁸
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mo̍k
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mok̚⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai, Suzhou, Shaoxing, Ningbo)
    • Wugniu: ⁸moq
    • MiniDict: moh^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵moq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /moʔ¹²/
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /moʔ²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /moʔ²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /moʔ¹²/

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• Middle Chinese: muwk

Rime
Character	沐
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	屋 (3)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	莫卜切
Baxter	muwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/muk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/muk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/məwk̚/
Li Rong	/muk̚/
Wang Li	/muk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/muk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	muk6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*moːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	沐
Reading #	1/1
No.	9328
Phonetic component	木
Rime group	屋
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	木
Old Chinese	/*moːɡ/

Definitions

沐

1. to bathe; to shower
2. to cleanse
3. to receive
4. to be given
5. a surname
6. (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to sink into; to fall into
7. (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to put in; to invest (money, etc.)
8. (Xiamen Hokkien) to swallow a big gulp (of liquid)

   Synonym: 頜 / 颌 (ko̍p) (Min Nan)

9. (Xiamen Hokkien) Classifier for liquids, such as phlegm, blood, and water.
10. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to get stained
11. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to moisten, dampen
12. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to get involved with

    沐政治 [Hokkien]  ―  bak chèng-tī [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to get involved in politics

Compounds

• 三沐三薰 / 三沐三熏 (sānmùsānxūn)
• 三薰三沐 / 三熏三沐 (sānxūnsānmù)
• 三釁三沐 / 三衅三沐 (sānxìnsānmù)
• 休沐
• 如沐春風 / 如沐春风 (rúmùchūnfēng)
• 櫛沐 / 栉沐
• 櫛風沐雨 / 栉风沐雨 (zhìfēngmùyǔ)
• 沐恩 (mù'ēn)
• 沐撫 / 沐抚 (Mùfǔ)
• 沐日
• 沐浴 (mùyù)
• 沐浴春風 / 沐浴春风
• 沐浴焚香
• 沐浴露 (mùyùlù)
• 沐浴鹽 / 沐浴盐
• 沐猴 (mùhóu)
• 沐猴冠冕 (mùhóuguànmiǎn)
• 沐猴而冠 (mùhóu'érguàn)
• 沐猴衣冠
• 沐雨櫛風 / 沐雨栉风
• 湯沐 / 汤沐
• 湯沐邑 / 汤沐邑
• 溟沐
• 熏沐
• 膏沐
• 薰沐
• 衣冠沐猴
• 雨沐風餐 / 雨沐风餐
• 風櫛雨沐 / 风栉雨沐
• 餐風沐雨 / 餐风沐雨
• 齋戒沐浴 / 斋戒沐浴 (zhāijièmùyù)
• 齋沐 / 斋沐

References

• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “沐”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 161.
• “沐”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2026.

Japanese

Kanji

沐

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. to wash

Readings

• Go-on: もく (moku)
• Kan-on: ぼく (boku)
• Kun: あらう (arau, 沐う)^{←あらふ (arafu, 沐ふ, historical)}

Derived terms

• 沐(もく)する (mokusuru)

Korean

Hanja

沐 • (mok) (hangeul 목, revised mok, McCune–Reischauer mok, Yale mok)

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Vietnamese

Han character

沐: Hán Việt readings: mộc
沐: Nôm readings: múc, mốc, móc

1. chữ Hán form of mộc (“to bathe (used in mộc dục)”)
2. chữ Nôm form of móc (“(obsolete) dew”)
3. chữ Nôm form of mốc (“mould; mouldy”)
4. chữ Nôm form of múc (“to scoop or ladle (as soup or water) into a bowl”)