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帽 = 巾 + 冒

帽 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “cap”. It is built from 巾 (towel) and 冒 (risk). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 436.

Keyword
cap
RTK frame
436
Strokes
12
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ボウ, モウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
ずきん, おお.う
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
крышка
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
帽 hat

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 巾 towel
  2. 冒 risk

How to find 帽 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “towel” + “risk”. 帽 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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