mào

(ancient abbreviated form of 瑁) a very precious piece of jade worn by ancient emperors to match tables borne by the nobles

Evolution

㺺 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
㺺 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
㺺 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
Definitions

 

mào

(ancient abbreviated form of ) a very precious piece of jade worn by ancient emperors to match tables borne by the nobles

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+3EBA

Shuowen

“瑁,諸侯執圭朝天子,天子執玉以冒之,似犁冠。《周禮》曰:‘天子執瑁,四寸。’从玉、冒,冒亦聲。,古文省。”


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