冒
assume (a name), damage, dare, defy, face, risk
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Stroke Order
9 / 9
Information
Grade:8
Strokes:9
JLPT:1
Frequency:1317
Vocabulary
ボウ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 冒険 | ボウケン | adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger; hazard; risk |
| 冒頭 | ボウトウ | beginning; opening; start; outset |
| 感冒 | カンボウ | (common) cold |
| 冒険者 | ボウケンシャ | adventurer |
| 冒険小説 | ボウケンショウセツ | adventure story; novel of adventure |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 冒す | おかす | to brave; to risk; to face; to venture; to harm; to afflict; to affect; to desecrate; to profane; to assume (someone else's surname); to take |
| 眩冒 | めまい | dizziness; giddiness; vertigo |
| 冒とく | ぼうとく | blasphemy; profanity; sacrilege; desecration; defilement |
| 病に冒される | やまいにおかされる | to be attacked by a disease |
| 危険を冒す | きけんをおかす | to brave a danger; to take a risk |
Visually Similar Kanji
These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes
門
counter for cannons, gate
Grade 2JLPT 2
帽
cap, headgear
Grade 8JLPT 2
晶
clear, crystal, sparkle
Grade 8JLPT 1
買
buy
Grade 2JLPT 4
明
bright, light
Grade 2JLPT 4
量
amount, consider, estimate, measure, quantity, surmise, weight
Grade 4JLPT 2
胆
courage, gall bladder, nerve, pluck
Grade 8JLPT 1
軸
axis, counter for book scrolls, pivot, stalk, stem
Grade 8JLPT 1
間
interval, space
Grade 2JLPT 5
唱
call upon, chant, recite, yell
Grade 4JLPT 1