沐 mù to bathe
to bathe; to cleanse; to shampoo; to wash
怎么记住“沐”: 氵 water + 木 tree = to bathe. Warm water is waiting after the kids spend all day in the tree, and Dad has to bathe them one by one.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
沐 = 氵 water + 木 tree
- 氵 water meaning
- 木 tree sound
Warm water is waiting after the kids spend all day in the tree, and Dad has to bathe them one by one.
How it came to be
Water gives the meaning and the tree the sound.
用法
- To bathe/wash: 沐浴 (mùyù), literally to bathe, but often figurative: 沐浴在阳光下 (mùyù zài yángguāng xià) to bask in sunlight, 沐浴在幸福中 bathed in happiness.
- Also in the everyday product 沐浴露 (mùyùlù) body wash. Literary in the figurative sense.