Unicode: U+97AA

Pinyin: mù móu

Definition

mù:* 在车辕上使之牢固并作装饰的皮带。 móu:* 〔鞮( dī )~〕兜鍪,古代武将的头盔,如"被甲~~居马上。"

(translated) a leather strap to fasten and decorate on the shaft of a chariot; in the compound word "鞮鞪 (dī móu)", referring to dōumóu, an ancient helmet for military generals, as in "wearing armor and helmet, riding on horseback"

Structure

鞪 graph

Related substructures

Precursors

Qin Script
c. 475–206 BCE (Qin, Warring States → Qin dynasty)
Qin-area character forms attested on bamboo/wood slips (e.g., Shuihudi, deposited 217 BCE), overlapping chronologically with the standardization of seal script and the emergence of clerical tendencies.Wikipedia ->
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Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
27_97AA
Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
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Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC