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帽

帽 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 頭を覆う、主に布製の被り物。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「巾」 + 音符「冒」。「かぶりもの」を意味する漢語｛帽｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

cap, headgear

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ボウJHS
  • モウ
Kun (native)
  • ずきん
  • おお(う)
Other languages
  • 拼音mao4
  • 한글mo
  • Hán-ViệtMạo

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
12 strokes
Radical
干(かん)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+5E3D

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰巾冒

Words using this kanji

  • 帽子ぼうし（ぼうし）頭部を覆う衣類。 （もうす）禅宗で、僧侶の被る頭巾。hat, cap, cap (move)
  • 帽ぼうhat, cap
  • 帽章ぼうしょう帽子に着用する徽章。cap badge
  • 帽子屋ぼうしや帽子をて。 帽子を； 帽子の。hat shop, hat store, hatter, hatmaker
  • 帽子掛けぼうしかけhat rack, hat stand, hat peg
  • 帽子を取るぼうしをとるto take off one's hat

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

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