mù
bathe
Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 木 represents the sound.
Evolution

Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 沐
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
to bathe | ||
to bathe | ||
fig. to work in the open regardless of the weather | ||
lit. a monkey wearing a hat (idiom) | ||
Muchuan county in Leshan 樂山|乐山[Lèshān], Sichuan |
Component uses
Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)
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