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Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC 
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC 
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD 
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD Regular Modern
On EDOC the "Baxter GY" Middle Chinese is 'muwng', and all the other GY values are the same as 蒙, so I assumed that would mean it has to have the same OC reconstruction as 蒙.
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Original meaning: to cover
A hat and tiger skin. Signifies the meaning "cover" by soldiers who fought covered in tiger skins.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
說文解字
《說文》：“冡，覆也。从、豕。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 季旭昇 《說文新證》 p.615The Digital Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)