Chinese Character Wiki
兜

dōu

pouch

Original meaning: 

helmet worn by warriors

Depicts a person with a face (皃) wearing a helmet. Based on the original meaning "helmet worn by warriors". The meaning of this character has shifted over time and now means "pouch".

Components
◎ iconic component

◎  Iconic component

  

characterless component

Depicts a helmet.

皃 iconic component

皃  Iconic component

mào

  

face, countenance

Depicts a person (人) with a face.

Evolution

兜 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
兜 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
兜 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
兜 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

兜  

dōu

pouch; pocket; bag; to wrap up or hold in a bag; to move in a circle; to canvas or solicit; to take responsibility for; to disclose in detail; combat armor (old)

兜 (兠) 

dōu

old variant of 兜[dōu]

Most common words with 兜
Freq.
Word
Meaning

兜

bag

兜风

to catch the wind

兜售

to hawk

兜兜

an undergarment covering chest and abdomen

兜圈子

to encircle

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

篼

Sound component in 2 characters (0 verified)

蔸 篼

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*tˤo

tuw

dōu

helmet, hood


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 9.4185% of movies

2044th most common character in movies

2512th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+515C

Shuowen

“兜，兜鍪，首鎧也。从，从皃省。皃，象人頭也。”


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