冒

Derived characters

• 帽

References

• KangXi: page 129, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1538
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1499, character 12
• Unihan data for U+5192

Pronunciation

Definitions

冒

1. ^† to cover
2. ^† cloth used to dress a corpse; sack for corpses
3. ^† to wear a hat
4. ^† Original form of 帽 (mào, “hat”).
5. ^† to pretend to be

   假冒  ―  jiǎmào  ―  fake

   冒名  ―  màomíng  ―  to go under someone else's name

6. to risk; to brave; to face

   冒險 / 冒险  ―  màoxiǎn  ―  to adventure

   冒雨  ―  màoyǔ  ―  to brave the rain

7. ^† bold; thoughtless; boldly

   冒失  ―  màoshī  ―  thoughtlessly

8. ^† to encroach on; to violate

   冒犯  ―  màofàn  ―  to offend

9. ^† to receive; to suffer from
10. to emit; to give off; to send out

    冒煙 / 冒烟  ―  màoyān  ―  to give off smoke

11. (Mandarin) to appear; to emerge
12. (dialectal Mandarin, of water) to boil
13. (dialectal Mandarin, Wu) to vomit or to have diarrhoea
14. (dialectal Mandarin) to cover rice or noodles with vegetables and meat; to put broth over noodles or rice

    冒菜  ―  màocài  ―  maocai [a local dish of Sichuan]

15. ^† Substitute character for 懋 (mào, “to encourage”).
16. ^† Substitute character for 芼 (“name of a vegetable”).
17. ^† Original form of 瑁 (mào, “ceremonial jade”).

Pronunciation

Definitions

冒

1. ^† Original form of 媢 (mào, “to envy”).
2. ^† to be greedy for; covetous

Pronunciation

Definitions

冒

1. Only used in 冒頓／冒顿 (“name of a Xiongnu chieftain”).

Readings

• Goon: もう (mō); もく (moku)
• Kan’on: ぼう (bō, Jōyō); ぼく (boku)
• On: まい (mai); ばい (bai); ぼく (boku)
• Kun: おかす (okasu, 冒す, Jōyō)^{←をかす (wokasu, historical)}; おおう (ōu, 冒う)^{←おほふ (ofofu, historical)}