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Kotomora

襆

hood or cowl

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Readings

On'yomi

  • ホク
  • ボク

Kun'yomi

  • もすそ

Meaning

襆 centers on a hood or cowl, a garment piece that covers the head, often attached to a cloak or robe.

Study

Etymology

襆 combines the clothing radical 衤 with the phonetic component 菐, suggesting a garment whose name is related to the sound of 菐. The exact historical development is uncertain.

Meaning mnemonic

The left side 衤 is clothing, and the right side 菐 looks like a person with a covering over the head. Imagine a cloak with a hood pulled up: 襆 is a hood or cowl.

Reading mnemonic

For ホク, picture a hawk (ホーク) wearing a tiny hood: hawk -> ホク, and the bird's hood is a 襆.