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帽

cap
Stroke count: 12

Readings

On readingボウ、モウ
Kun readingずきん、おお.う
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. capRtK
    おじいさんは帽子を探して周囲をきょろきょろ見回した。The old man looked about for his hat.tatoeba
    彼は帽子を頭に載せた。He put a cap on his head.tatoeba
  2. headgear
  1. hat

Popular Usage

帽子

Radicals and components

Radical巾cloth
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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towel · risk · sun (日) · day (日) · eye (目)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 436

Compound words

帽子ぼうし
hat; cap; cap (move)
角帽かくぼう
mortarboard
学帽がくぼう
school cap
軍帽ぐんぼう
military cap
制帽せいぼう
regulation cap
正帽せいぼう
cap of a uniform
宇宙帽うちゅうぼう
space helmet
烏帽子えぼし
eboshi
夏帽子なつぼうし
summer hat
三角帽さんかくぼう
three-cornered hat
麦稈帽むぎわらぼう
straw hat
制服制帽せいふくせいぼう
cap and uniform
麦稈帽子むぎわらぼうし
straw hat
鰹の烏帽子かつおのえぼし
Portuguese man-of-war (Physalia physalis)
亭主の好きな赤烏帽子ていしゅのすきなあかえぼし
even an eccentric head of family must be obeyed

Additional Examples

彼は帽子を脱いだ。
He took off his hat.tatoeba
彼は帽子を取り上げて、似合うかどうか見るためにかぶってみた。
He picked up a hat and put it on to see how it would look.tatoeba
彼は帽子を取りに帰った。
He went back to get his hat.tatoeba

Stroke Order

12 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 帽

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step