Japanese symbol for “adventurous”
冒険的
ぼうけんてき
Romaji: boukenteki
adventurous; risky; hazardous; perilous
In Japanese, adventurous is 冒険的, read ぼうけんてき (boukenteki).
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Meanings
- adj-na adventurous; risky; hazardous; perilous
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “adventurous”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| アドベンチャラス | アドベンチャラス adobencharasu | adventurous |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 冒険 | ぼうけん bouken | adventure; venture |
| 冒頭 | ぼうとう boutou | beginning; opening; start |
| 冒す | おかす okasu | to brave; to risk; to face |
| 冒涜 | ぼうとく boutoku | blasphemy; profanity; sacrilege |
| 感冒 | かんぼう kanbou | (common) cold |
| 冒険者 | ぼうけんしゃ boukensha | adventurer |
| 危険 | きけん kiken | danger; peril; hazard |
| 保険 | ほけん hoken | insurance |
| 目的 | もくてき mokuteki | purpose; goal; aim |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.