冒
冒 — Risk
risk, face, defy, dare, damage, assume (a name)
On’yomiボウ (bou)
Kun’yomiおかす (okasu)
Stroke order (9 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 冒
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 冒頭 | ぼうとう boutou | beginning; opening; start |
| 冒険 | ぼうけん bouken | adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed |
| 冒す | おかす okasu | to brave; to risk; to face |
Study notes
冒 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 9 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1317 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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