冒 — Chinese character
冒
mào
to risk, to brave, to dare
- Pinyin
- mào
- Radical
- 13 ⼌ (Down Box)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 日 目
- Formation
- pictophonetic; meaning component 目; sound component 冃
- Japanese
- 冒 as a kanji
Common words with 冒
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 冒险 (冒險) | mào xiǎn | to take risks; to take chances |
| 感冒 | gǎn mào | to catch cold; (common) cold |
| 冒犯 | mào fàn | to offend |
| 假冒 | jiǎ mào | to impersonate; to pose as (someone else) |
| 冒充 | mào chōng | to feign; to pretend to be |
| 冒烟 (冒煙) | mào yān | to discharge smoke; to fume with rage |
| 冒出来 (冒出來) | mào chū lái | to emerge; to pop up; to spring forth; to appear from nowhere |
| 冒牌 | mào pái | fake; impostor |
| 冒进 (冒進) | mào jìn | to advance prematurely |
| 冒险家 (冒險家) | mào xiǎn jiā | adventurer |
| 假冒伪劣 (假冒偽劣) | jiǎ mào wěi liè | cheap quality counterfeit (goods); low-quality commodities |
| 冒雨 | mào yǔ | to brave the rain |
English words written with 冒
冒 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 2
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.