shǎ​mào

fool

shǎ foolish

Depicts a person () with a gap in their skull (𡕩), i.e. with no brains.

Components

Meaning component
rén person

is a component form of .

𡕩
𡕩 Meaning component
mǎn gap between bones in skull

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsqʰʷraːʔ
sqʰʷraːs

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

mào hat

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
jīn cloth
SoundMeaning component
mào risk

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartmawHmˤuk-s hat

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart