皮帽 (pí mào) — fur hat; leather hat | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

fur hatleather hat

Measure word · 顶

皮帽。
Tā dài zhe yì dǐng pí mào.
He is wearing a fur hat.
，皮帽。
Dōng tiān chū mén de shí hou, zuì hǎo dài yì dǐng pí mào bǎo nuǎn.
When going out in winter, it's best to wear a fur hat to keep warm.
皮帽。
Zhè dǐng pí mào shì yòng zhēn máo zuò de.
This fur hat is made of real fur.

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.

皮píleather/fur

皮 points to leather or fur, and 帽 is the hat itself.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

皮 shows a hand pulling fur off an animal pelt, with the pelt drawn at the upper left.

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

巾冒帽

Meaning part形符xíngfú

巾巾jīncloth

Sound part声符shēngfú

冒

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.