泳帽
yǒng​mào

swimming cap

泳 yǒng swim

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 永 represents the sound.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

永
永 Sound component
yǒng long

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthjwaengH[ɢ]ʷraŋ(ʔ)-s go in water, wade

說文解字

《說文》：“泳，潛行水中也。从水，永聲。”

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)

帽 mào hat

Phonosemantic compound. 巾 represents the meaning and 冒 represents the sound.

Components

巾
巾 Meaning component
jīn cloth
冒
冒 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