军帽 (jūn mào) — military cap, service cap

Definition

noun
military capservice cap
Measure word · 顶

Examples

  • 军帽，。
    Tā dài zhe jūn mào, kàn qǐ lái tè bié jīng shén.
    He looks very spirited wearing his military cap.
  • 军帽。
    Zhè tào jūn fú pèi shàng yì dǐng jūn mào cái suàn wán zhěng.
    This uniform is only complete with a military cap.
  • 军帽，。
    Tā bǎ jūn mào zhāi xià lái, qīng qīng pāi le pāi shàng miàn de huī chén.
    He took off his military cap and gently patted the dust off it.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

军jūnmilitary
帽màocap

军 indicates military use, and 帽 is a cap.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 軍; 军 is its simplified writing.

  • 車車jūcart; chariot
  • 勹勹bāoto surround

In the traditional form 軍, 車 shows the chariot sense, while the part now written 勹 is a sound part, not the 'surround' 勹. Simplified 军 is a later shorthand.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
巾巾jīncloth
Sound part声符shēngfú
冒
冒mào帽mào
Same sound today

帽 uses 巾 (cloth) for the meaning and 冒 for the sound. The earlier form 冃 was later written with 目 and 巾 added.

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