冒

Translingual

Alternative forms

• 冐

Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 冃 (“hat”) + 目 (“eyes”) – a hat over the eyes, not looking ahead – rash. Etymology clearer in alternative form 冐; in this form 冃 more closely resembles 日.

Han character

冒 (radical 13 冂+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 日月山 (ABU), four-corner 6060₀, composition ⿱冃目)

1. risk, brave, dare

Derived characters

• 帽

References

• KangXi: page 129, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1538
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1499, character 12
• Unihan data for U+5192

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Cantonese

Hanzi

冒 (jyutping mak6, mou6, Yale mak6, mou6)

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Japanese

Kanji

冒 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: ぼう (bō)
• Kun: おかす (okasu), おおう (oou)

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Korean

Hanja

冒 (hangeul 모, 목, revised mo, mok, McCune-Reischauer mo, mok)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

冒 (pinyin mào (mao4), Wade-Giles mao⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

冒 (mạo, mào, mẹo)