Onyomi: ボウ, モウ · Kunyomi: おお.う, ずきん · Meanings: cap, headgear
Kanji for cap, headgear
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帽 is formed from the cloth radical 巾 on the left and the character 冒 on the right. 巾 represents cloth or fabric, while 冒 conveys the idea of covering or something placed over the head. Together, they show a cloth item worn to cover the head. From this structure, 帽 came to mean hat or headwear.
帽 shows cloth used to cover the head, meaning hat.
Think of cloth (巾) made to cover the top of your head (冒). That head-covering item is a hat — 帽.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 帽 | ぼう | hat, cap | Noun, used as a suffix, Noun |
| 帽子 | ぼうし | hat, cap | common JLPT-N5 Noun |
| 帽子屋 | ぼうしや | hat shop, hat store, hatter, hatmaker | Noun |
| 帽子掛け | ぼうしかけ | hat rack, hat stand, hat peg | Noun |
| 帽章 | ぼうしょう | cap badge | Noun |
| 帽子を取る | ぼうしをとる | to take off one's hat | Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with 'ru' ending |
| 帽子が笑う…不気味に | The Madcap Laughs | Wikipedia definition | |
| 帽子 (テレビドラマ) | Bōshi (TV drama) | Wikipedia definition | |
| 帽子収集狂事件 | The Mad Hatter Mystery | Wikipedia definition |