Original meaning: hat
Pictograph of a hat over an eye. Based on the original meaning "hat". The meaning later shifted to "cover", "feign", "offend", and "risk".
Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | mawH | mˤuk-s | to look down on; covetous |
| mawH | mˤuk-s | covering |
說文解字
《說文》：“冒，冡而前也。从冃，从目。，古文冒。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
Pictograph of rain falling from a cloud.
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | hjuX | C.ɢʷ(r)aʔ | rain |
| hjuH | [ɢ]ʷ(r)aʔ-s | rain (v.t.) |
說文解字
《說文》：“雨，水从雲下也。一象天，冂象雲，水霝其間也。，古文。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.813-814漢語多功能字庫
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)