Chinese symbol for “brim”
帽檐
mào yán
brim (of a hat)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for brim is 帽檐 (mào yán), defined as: brim (of a hat).
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 帽檐.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 帽子 | mào zi | hat; cap |
| 绿帽 (綠帽) | lǜ mào | see 绿帽子 (lu : 4 mào zi) |
| 安全帽 | ān quán mào | safety helmet; hard hat; 顶 (dǐng) |
| 草帽 | cǎo mào | straw hat |
| 盖帽 (蓋帽) | gài mào | block (basketball) |
| 贝雷帽 (貝雷帽) | bèi léi mào | (loanword) beret |
| 屋檐 (屋簷) | wū yán | eaves; roof (i.e. home) |
| 飞檐走壁 (飛檐走壁) | fēi yán zǒu bì | to leap onto roofs and vault over walls (usually associated with martial arts) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “brim”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.