Character: 帽
Modern (Beijing) reading: mào
Preclassic Old Chinese: mūks
Classic Old Chinese: mūh
Western Han Chinese: mǝ̄wh
Eastern Han Chinese: mǝ̄wh
Early Postclassic Chinese: mǝ̄̀w
Middle Postclassic Chinese: mā̀w
Late Postclassic Chinese: mā̀w
Middle Chinese: mầw
English meaning : hat, cap [Han]
Russian meaning[s]: 1) шляпа; шапка; 2) наконечник; колпак; капсюль
Comments: Viet. mũ is a Han-time loanword; standard Sino-Viet. is mạo. For *m cf. Xiamen bɔ̃6, Chaozhou bo6, Jianou mo6. The word is quite probably of Austric origin, cf. Thai hmuak, PAA *mVk 'hat, cap'.
Radical: 50
Four-angle index: 1694
Vietnamese reading: mũ
