沐 — Chinese character
沐
mù
to bathe, to cleanse, to shampoo, to wash
- Pinyin
- mù
- Radical
- 85 ⽔ (Water)
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- 氵 木
- Formation
- pictophonetic — water; meaning component 氵; sound component 木
- Japanese
- 沐 as a kanji
Common words with 沐
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 沐浴 | mù yù | to bathe; to take a bath; (fig.) to be bathed in; to be immersed in |
| 沐浴露 | mù yù lù | shower gel |
| 沐浴乳 | mù yù rǔ | body wash (liquid soap); shower gel |
| 栉风沐雨 (櫛風沐雨) | zhì fēng mù yǔ | lit. to comb one's hair in the wind and wash it in the rain (idiom); fig. to work in the open regardless of the weather |
| 沐猴而冠 | mù hóu ér guàn | lit. a monkey wearing a hat (idiom); fig. worthless person in imposing attire |
| 休沐 | xiū mù | (literary) a regular day off granted to officials in ancient times, for "rest and bathing" |
| 沐恩 | mù ēn | to receive favor |
| 沐浴油 | mù yù yóu | bath oil |
| 沐浴球 | mù yù qiú | shower puff; bath sponge |
| 沐浴用品 | mù yù yòng pǐn | bath product |
| 沐浴花 | mù yù huā | shower puff; shower sponge |
| 沐雨栉风 (沐雨櫛風) | mù yǔ zhì fēng | to work unceasingly regardless of the weather (idiom) |
沐 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 1 · Mencius 1 · Zhuangzi 2
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