mào

fine piece of jade

Components

Meaning component
wáng king

jade

Sound component
mào risk

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangmuːɡs
mɯːɡs
muːɡ
Unicodemɑ̀u
mə̀i

說文解字

諸侯執圭朝天子,天子執玉以冒之,似犂冠。《周禮》曰:“天子執瑁四寸。”从玉、冒,冒亦聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica