帽
帽 — Cap
cap, headgear
On’yomiボウ (bou)
On’yomiモウ (mou)
Kun’yomiずきん (zukin)
Kun’yomiおおう (oou)
Stroke order (12 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 帽
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 帽子 | ぼうし boushi | hat; cap; cap (move) |
| 烏帽子 | えぼし eboshi | eboshi; black-lacquered headgear made of silk, cloth or paper, originally worn by court nobles in ancient Japan |
| 脱帽 | だつぼう datsubou | removing one's hat; admiring (someone) greatly; taking one's hat off to |
Study notes
帽 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 12 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1742 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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