帽 – cap, headgear

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The kanji 帽 means cap, headgear. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ボウ、モウ (bou, mou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ずきん、おお.う (zukin, oou). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 巾 (no. 50).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ボウ	bou
On’yomi	モウ	mou
Kun’yomi	ずきん	zukin
Kun’yomi	おお.う	oou

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 巾 (Kangxi radical 50). Components: 巾・日・目.

Words using 帽

帽子ぼうしhat

Example sentences

この帽子は１０００円なら安い。

This hat is cheap at 1000 yen.

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Kanji with the same radical

市常席帰師幅帯幕布希帳幣巾

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.