mào

cap

Depicts a hat. Original form of .

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Iconic (4)

Meaning (1)

Sound (1)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

《說文》:“冃,小兒、蠻夷頭衣也。从冂,二其飾也。”

Sources

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Academia Sinica