罩袍
zhào​páo

burqa

罩 zhào basket for catching fish

Components

罒
罒 Meaning component
wǎng net or eye

net

卓
卓 Sound component
zhuó, zhuō profound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttraewHtˤrawk-s covering basket

說文解字

《說文》：“罩，捕魚器也。从网，卓聲。”

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)

袍 páo long gown

A cloth 衤 wrap 包; 包 also provides the pronunciation

Components

衤
衤 Meaning component
yī clothes
包
包 SoundMeaning component
bāo wrap

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartbawm.[p]ˤulong robe
Zhengzhangbuː
Unicodebhɑu

說文解字

襺也。从衣包聲。《論語》曰：“衣弊緼袍。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)