风帽 (fēng mào) — hooded winter hat; cowl-like hat that covers the head and neck

Definition

noun
hooded winter hatcowl-like hat that covers the head and neck
Measure word · 顶
Easily confused

Examples

  • ，风帽。
    Dōng tiān chū mén shí, tā dài le yì dǐng hòu hòu de fēng mào.
    When going out in winter, she wore a thick hooded hat.
  • 风帽。
    Zhè zhǒng fēng mào de shè jì kě yǐ bǎo hù ěr duo hé bó zi.
    The design of this kind of hooded hat can protect the ears and neck.
  • 风帽。
    Tā zài wǎng shàng mǎi le yí jiàn dài fēng mào de wài tào.
    He bought a coat with a hood online.

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.

风fēngwind
帽màohat

风 refers to wind or cold and 帽 refers to a hat, so the meaning is a hat that covers the head and neck.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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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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