Taxonomy of meanings for 沐:　　

  • 沐 mù (OC: mooɡ MC: muk) 莫卜切 入 廣韻：【沐浴説文曰濯髮也禮記曰頭有創則沐又姓風俗通曰漢有東平太守沐寵又漢複姓有沐簡氏何氏姓苑云今任城人 】
    • BATHE
      • viactwash one's body including one's hair in the context of taking a luxurious bath, sometimes with tāng 湯 "hot water"
      • nabactact of taking a bath, process of taking a bathCH
    • CUT
      • vtoNprune, cut neat
    • WASH
      • vtoNwash one's head and hair
      • vt[oN]wash one's headLZ
    • ORDERLY
      • MOIST
        • RECEIVE
          • HOLIDAY
            • WATER
              • SURNAMES
                • RIVERS
                • mùREMOVE
                  • vtoNfigurativewash away traces of, remove traces ofCH

                Additional information about 沐

                說文解字: 【沐】，濯髮也。 〔小徐本「濯」作「灌」。〕 从水、木聲。 【莫卜切】

                  Criteria
                • BATHE

                  [COMMON/RARE]

                  [FORMAL/INFORMAL]

                  [GENERAL/SPECIFIC]

                  [GENERAL-USE/TECHNICAL-TERM]

                  1. The standard general word is yù 浴 and refers typically to taking a bath or washing of the whole body. The still more general word, which may even apply to washing things other than the body, is zhuó 濯.

                  [GENERAL], [GENERAL-USE]; [[COMMON]]

                  2. Tāng 湯 emphasises the use of warm water, and standardly co-occurs with mù 沐 "wash one's body including one's hair", probably because the use of hot water was largely restricted to the washing of hair. Perhaps one should often interpret tāng 湯 adverbially as "with hot water" in this idiomatic connection.

                  [GENERAL-USE], [SPECIFIC]

                  3. Guàn 盥 is to wash one's hands, often in a ritual context.

                  [FORMAL], [TECHNICAL-TERM]

                  4. Zǎo 澡 "washing one's hands" is a specialised term which is sometimes used in wider senses.

                  [GENERAL-USE]

                  5. Xǐ 洗 "wash one's feet" but the word is is sometimes used in a more generalised way, being especially common in the context of ritualised formal bathing, as well as in the context of ritual washing of cups. See WASH

                  [FORMAL]; [[RARE]]

                  Word relations
                • Assoc: (BATHE)浴/BATHE The standard general word is yù 浴 and refers typically to taking a bath or washing of the whole body. The still more general word, which may even apply to washing things other than the body, is zhuó 濯. [GENERAL], [GENERAL-USE]; [[COMMON]]
                • Assoc: (BATHE)洗/BATHE Xǐ 洗 "wash one's feet" but the word is is sometimes used in a more generalised way, being especially common in the context of ritualised formal bathing, as well as in the context of ritual washing of cups. See WASH [FORMAL]; [[RARE]]