感冒 (gǎn mào)
to catch cold; (common) cold; CL:場|场[chang2],次[ci4]; (coll.) to be int
Character breakdown
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感 (gǎn) · 13 strokes
Phonosemantic compound. 心 represents the meaning and 咸 represents the sound.
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冒 (mào) · 9 strokes
Pictograph of a hat over an eye. Based on the original meaning "hat". The meaning later shifted to "cover", "feign", "offend", and "risk".