冒 — kanji meaning “risk”
冒
risk, face, defy, dare, damage, assume (a name)
- Meanings
- risk, face, defy, dare, damage, assume (a name)
- On'yomi
- ボウ (bou)
- Kun'yomi
- おか.す
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1317 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 13
- Chinese reading
- mào, mò — Chinese character page
Words with 冒
| 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 |
| 冒険小説 | ぼうけんしょうせつ boukenshousetsu | adventure story; novel of adventure |
| 冒険談 | ぼうけんだん boukendan | tale of adventure |
| 冒頭陳述 | ぼうとうちんじゅつ boutouchinjutsu | opening statement |
| 冒険家 | ぼうけんか boukenka | adventurer |
| 冒険心 | ぼうけんしん boukenshin | adventurous spirit; sense of adventure |
| 大冒険 | だいぼうけん daibouken | great adventure |
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