毛布
もうふ · moufu · JLPT N3 · noun
blanket
🛏️🐑 毛布 = wool + cloth: a woolly cloth you sleep under
毛 (mō) means hair or wool, and 布 (fu) means cloth. Put them together and you get wool cloth, which is a blanket. The same 毛 shows up in 羊毛 (yōmō), meaning sheep's wool.
毛 — pictograph of hair/fur, 4 strokes
毛 is a pictograph showing a tuft of hair or animal fur, with strands fanning out from a base. The original oracle bone form depicted feathers or fur clearly, and the meaning broadened from 'hair/fur' to include 'wool,' 'down,' and figuratively 'tiny' or 'rough.' It also became a common surname.
布 — hand 手 (as 𠂇) + cloth 巾
Originally a pictograph of woven cloth held in a hand, combining a hand element (𠂇) with 巾 'cloth/towel'. The core meaning 'cloth' was extended to 'spread out, display' (as cloth is unfurled), giving modern senses like 'announce' and 'arrange'.