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Chinese symbol for “hat”

帽子
mào zi
hat; cap; (fig.) label; bad name

The closest CC-CEDICT match for hat is 帽子 (mào zi), defined as: hat; cap; (fig.) label; bad name; 顶 (dǐng).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

帽 mào
hat, cap
radical 50 ⼱ · 12 strokes
子 zi
son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
radical 39 ⼦ · 3 strokes

Other Chinese words for “hat”

WordPinyinMeaning
冠guānhat; crown
帽màohat; cap
冃màoold variant of 帽 (mào); hat

Related words

Other words that share a character with 帽子.

WordPinyinMeaning
绿帽 (綠帽)lǜ màosee 绿帽子 (lu : 4 mào zi)
安全帽ān quán màosafety helmet; hard hat; 顶 (dǐng)
草帽cǎo màostraw hat
盖帽 (蓋帽)gài màoblock (basketball)
贝雷帽 (貝雷帽)bèi léi mào(loanword) beret
孩子hái zichild
儿子 (兒子)ér zison
电子 (電子)diàn zǐelectronic; electron (particle physics)

See also: Japanese symbol for “hat”.

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.

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