沐
부수: 氵
획수: 7획
沐 has the meanings ‘wash’, ‘bathe’ and ‘cleanse’.
沐 = 氵 + 木
X = semantic + phonetic
• 氵 is a component form of 水 and depicts flowing water.
• 木 depicts a tree, but is used for its sound.
Evolution:
沐 = ’to wash one’s hair’ ➔ ’bathe’ ➔ ’cleanse’
Mnemonic
Think about the 풍속화 known as 단오풍정 which depicts women bathing in the river 氵 under a tree 木. All the women in the painting have freshly washed hair 沐.
Vocab
| 沐浴 | 목욕 | bath; bathe |
| 沐浴湯 | 목욕탕 | public bathhouse |
| 沐浴桶 | 목욕통 | bathtub |
| 沐浴齋戒 | 목욕재계 | ablution; purification |
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Bibliography
Affiliate links help support uK.
— Grant, B.K. (1982). A Guide To Korean Characters: Reading and Writing Hangul and Hanja, [s.v. 371]. Seoul: Hollym.
— Outlier Dictionary of Chinese Characters, [s.v. 沐, 氵, 木].