JLPT N1 · 9 strokes
Kanji 冒: "risk, face, defy"
The kanji 冒 means "risk, face, defy, dare, damage, assume (a name)". It is written with 9 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read ボウ in on'yomi and おか.す in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ボウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
おか.す
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | risk, face, defy, dare, damage, assume (a name) |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 9 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 1317 of 2,501 |
Common words with 冒
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 冒険adventure; venture · venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger; hazard
- 冒頭beginning; opening; start; outset
- 冒険者adventurer
- 危険を冒すto brave a danger; to take a risk
- 冒すto brave; to risk; to face; to venture · to harm; to afflict; to affect
- 冒涜blasphemy; profanity; sacrilege; desecration
- 大冒険great adventure
- 冒険家adventurer
- 冒険心adventurous spirit; sense of adventure
- 病に冒されるto be attacked by a disease
- 冒険小説adventure story; novel of adventure
- 冒険的adventurous; risky; hazardous; perilous
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