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Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1317 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 9

Meaning: risk, face, defy, dare, damage, assume (a name)

Kunyomi: おか.す

Onyomi: ボウ

Composition: 日 目

冒

Radical

Radical: 冂

Reading: め

Meaning: open country

Strokes: 5

冂

Examples

Examples with audio

冒険（ぼうけん）   adventure [n.]

冒頭（ぼうとう）   opening (of a story, article, etc.)

冒涜する（ぼうとくする）   desecrate, blaspheme

冒す（おかす）   risk, take a risk

Onyomi Examples

冒頭 （ボウトウ） beginning, opening, start, outset

冒険 （ボウケン） adventure, venture, venture which is unlikely to succeed, risky attempt, danger, hazard, risk

感冒 （カンボウ） cold (illness)

流行性感冒 （リュウコウセイカンボウ） influenza, flu

Kunyomi Examples

冒す （おかす） to brave, to risk, to face, to venture, to harm, to afflict, to affect, to desecrate, to profane, to assume (someone else's surname), to take