鍪

鍪 · móu

an iron pan; a metal cap

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
móu
Cantonese
mau4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

an iron pan; a metal cap

Dictionary definitions & readings

鍪 móu · (archaic) iron pot; (archaic) battle helmet

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
64236.210:móu Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0804.140:móu Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
258.010:móu Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
móu粵mau4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ボウ ム モ かぶと Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
莫浮 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
NKC Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
1810.9 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1314.240 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
211.38 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
1109o Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+936A
Radical
金 · 167
Strokes
17
Residual strokes
9
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6309

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

17 strokes
鍪
Strokes
17
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

17 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
mjuw · 莫浮 · 流開三平尤明 · #1016

PHONO-ML, source line 8082; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1388.105
kDaeJaweon
1815.100
kGSR
1109o
kHanYu
64236.210
kIRGDaeJaweon
1815.100
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
64236.210
kIRGKangXi
1314.240
kKangXi
1314.240
kMatthews
4573
kMeyerWempe
1795e
kMorohashi
40640
kSBGY
211.38
kSMSZD2003Index
732.08
kCangjie
NKC
kFourCornerCode
1810.9
kMojiJoho
MJ027057
kPhonetic
917
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIICore
CG
kIRG_GSource
G0-764A
kIRG_HSource
HB2-EEDE
kIRG_JSource
J13-7D3E
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-80E6
kIRG_KSource
K2-6962
kIRG_TSource
T2-602C
kRSUnicode
167.9
kTotalStrokes
17
kBigFive
EEDE
kCCCII
234547
kCNS1986
2-602C
kCNS1992
2-602C
kEACC
234547
kGB0
8642
kGB1
8642
kJIS0213
1,93,30
kJis1
6887
kMainlandTelegraph
9482
kTGH
2013:6309
kTaiwanTelegraph
6940
kXerox
307:261
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+15239+167.8.9
kCantonese
mau4
kDefinition
an iron pan; a metal cap
kFanqie
莫浮
kHanyuPinyin
64236.210:móu
kJapanese
ボウ ム モ かぶと
kJapaneseKun
KAMA
kJapaneseOn
BOU MU MO
kKorean
MWU
kMandarin
móu
kSMSZD2003Readings
móu粵mau4
kTGHZ2013
258.010:móu
kXHC1983
0804.140:móu

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 鍪0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
敄 above 金 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿱敄金$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱敄金$(GHTJKP)

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