mǎng​páo

official court robe

mǎng, měng python

Components

Meaning component
chóng bug, insect

insect

Sound component
mǎng, máng thicket

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangmaːŋʔ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

páo long gown

A cloth  wrap  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
clothes
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