冒

risk, face, defy, dare, damage, assume (a name)

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ボウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

おか.す

Stroke Order

9 / 9

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:9

JLPT:N1

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

gate, counter for cannons

sparkle, clear, crystal

quantity, measure, weight, amount, consider, estimate, surmise

gall bladder, courage, pluck, nerve

axis, pivot, stem, stalk, counter for book scrolls

interval, space

chant, recite, call upon, yell