冠 (Guàn)

surname Guan

Etymology

Pictograph of a person (元) wearing a hat (冃). 元 also represents the sound. The 寸 (hand) component was added later to possibly indicate the hat is being held and put onto the head.

Shuowen Jiezi

《說文》:“冠,絭也。所以絭髮,弁冕之總名也。从冖,从元,元亦聲。冠有法制,从寸。”

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