Chinese symbol for “emit”
冒
mào
to emit; to give off; to send out (or up, forth); to brave; to face; (bound form) reckless; to falsely adopt (sb's identity etc); to feign
The closest CC-CEDICT match for emit is 冒 (mào), defined as: to emit; to give off; to send out (or up, forth); to brave; to face; (bound form) reckless; to falsely adopt (sb's identity etc); to feign; (literary) to cover.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “emit”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 散发 (散發) | sàn fā | to distribute; to emit; to give off |
| 发射 (發射) | fā shè | to shoot (a projectile); to fire (a rocket) |
| 排放 | pái fàng | to arrange in order; to emit; to discharge (exhaust gas, waste water etc) |
Related words
Other words that share a character 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “emit”.
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.