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longitude

HSK 10
mào
ボウ
ながさ
Phonosemantic compound. 衣 represents the meaning and 矛 represents the sound.
Components
clothing+ spear =
longitude
Meaning component
clothing
clothes, clothing
Phonetic component
máo spear
spear, lance
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Notes
Historical Evolution
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
[mào]
length; distance from north to south
Example Sentences