Pictograph of a piece of cloth covering something.
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | meːɡ |
說文解字
《說文》:“冖,覆也。从一下垂也。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.612
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Zhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)