帽檐 (mào yán) — brim of a hat

Definition

noun
brim of a hat

Examples

  • 帽檐,。
    Zhè dǐng cǎo mào de mào yán hěn kuān, kě yǐ zhē zhù yáng guāng.
    The brim of this straw hat is very wide and can block the sun.
  • 帽檐,。
    Tā bǎ mào yán wǎng xià lā le lā, zhē zhù le bàn zhāng liǎn.
    He pulled the brim down, covering half of his face.
  • 帽檐。
    Nà dǐng mào zi de mào yán shàng xiù zhe jīng zhì de huā wén.
    The brim of that hat is embroidered with delicate patterns.

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.

帽 gives the hat, 檐 the edge, together naming the projecting brim.

Characters in this word

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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No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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