帽

帽 (Kangxi radical 50, 巾+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 中月日月山 (LBABU), four-corner 4626₀, composition ⿰巾冒)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 333, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8971
• Dae Jaweon: page 640, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 747, character 8
• Unihan data for U+5E3D

• Unihan data for U+2F886

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *muːɡs): semantic 巾 (“cloth”) + phonetic 冒 (OC *muːɡs, *mɯːɡ). Originally written as 冃; later, 目 and 巾 were added.

Wanderwort of Southeastern and Eastern Asia, thus its origin is disputed.

Possibly from Sino-Tibetan. It has been compared to Tibetan རྨོག (rmog, “helmet”) (Starostin; Sagart, 2017) and Rgyalrongic forms for “mushroom” (cf. Breton tog-touseg, literally “frog hat”), such as Japhug tɤjmɤɣ (Zhang, Jacques and Lai, 2019). Following this etymology, Proto-Sino-Tibetan *lmuk is reconstructible.

Alternatively, Schuessler (2007) suggests an Austroasiatic derivation since this is a relatively late word and Shuowen defines 冃 (an ancient form of 帽) as “head cover” of the Southern indigenous people, which may allude to a southern origin. Compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *muuk ~ muək (“hat”), whence Mon ဒမှော် (həmok, “wide hat”) and Khmer មួក (muək), which he also connects to 鍪 (OC *mu, “metal cap; helmet”). Also compare Thai หมวก (mùuak), which Schuessler (2007) derives from the Khmer word. However, Alves (2018) considers it likely for the Proto-Mon-Khmer word to be a loan from Chinese, and Alves (2020) also suggests that the Tai forms spread from Chinese.

Often considered to be related to 冒 (OC *muːɡs, “to cover”) (Wang, 1982; Starostin), though Schuessler (2007) thinks that it may be reinterpreted as such based on parallel development of 被 (OC *bralʔ, *brals, “to cover; bedding”).

帽

1. hat; cap (Classifier: 頂／顶 c)
2. cap (protective cover)

   筆帽／笔帽  ―  bǐmào  ―  cap of a pen

3. (Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism, slang) short for 戴綠帽／戴绿帽 (“to cuckold”)

Others:

• → Bouyei: maauh
• →? Lao: ໝວກ (mūak)
• →? Proto-Mon-Khmer: *muuk ~ muək (“hat”)
• →? Thai: หมวก (mùuak)
• → Vietnamese: mũ
• → Zhuang: mauh

• “帽”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[2], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Jōyō kanji)

1. cap, hat

• Go-on: もう (mō)
• Kan-on: ぼう (bō, Jōyō)
• Kun: ずきん (zukin, 帽)、おおう (ōu, 帽う)

帽(ぼう) • (-bō) 

1. cap, hat

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [mo̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [모]

帽 • (mo) (hangeul 모)

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帽: Hán Việt readings: mạo^[1][2], mão^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}
帽: Nôm readings: mũ^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}, mào^[3]

1. chữ Hán form of mạo (“hat; cap; helmet”)
2. chữ Nôm form of mào (“crest; comb (of a bird)”)
3. chữ Nôm form of mũ (“hat; cap; helmet”)