帽

mào
noun #4,278

Meanings

  1. 1 hat; cap; headgear

Examples

HSK 4
Wàimiàn hěn lěng, dài shàng màozi ba.
It's cold outside, put on a hat.
HSK 5
Tā zhāi xià le màozi.
He took off his hat.

Tips

usage
帽 usually appears as 帽子 (hat). Types include 草帽 (straw hat), 棒球帽 (baseball cap), and 安全帽 (hard hat).

Components

radical
巾 jīn
cloth; kerchief (radical)
Left radical 巾 - a piece of cloth hanging from a horizontal rod, the picture of a kerchief. Marks 帽 as a textile object worn on the body. Same radical anchors the cloth-family: 布 (fabric), 帘 (curtain), 帆 (sail), 带 (belt), 席 (mat). Anything woven sits in this family.
phonetic
冒 mào
to cover the head; risk (phonetic)
Right phonetic 冒 supplies the full sound mào with no drift, and a strong layer of meaning: 冒 itself originally pictured a hat over an eye, the picture of headwear. So 帽 is essentially 'hat' written twice - first the cloth radical, then the older hat-graph 冒 - to disambiguate after 冒 took on extended senses (risk, brave).

Stroke Order

帽 mào