浴帽
yù​mào

shower cap

浴 yù bathe

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

谷
谷 Sound component
gǔ valley, ravine

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangloɡ
Unicodeiok

說文解字

《說文》：“浴，洒身也。从水，谷聲。”

Sources

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