帽
cap, headgear
Readings
On'yomi
- ボウ
- モウ
Kun'yomi
- ずきん
- おお.う
Meaning
帽 centers on head coverings: a cap or any kind of headgear.
Most common words using 帽
20 of 81- 帽子ぼうしN5
hat; cap
- 帽ぼう
hat; cap
- 脱帽だつぼう
removing one's hat
- 麦わら帽子むぎわらぼうし
straw hat
- 烏帽子えぼし
eboshi; black-lacquered headgear made of silk, cloth or paper, originally worn by court nobles in ancient Japan
- 赤帽あかぼう
red cap
- 制帽せいぼう
regulation cap; school cap
- お釜帽おかまぼう
bowler hat; felt hat
- とんがり帽子とんがりぼうし
pointy hat; cone-shaped hat; pixie hat
- カンカン帽かんかんぼう
boater; (flat) straw hat
- ソフト帽ソフトぼう
felt hat
- トルコ帽トルコぼう
fez; tarboosh
- ニット帽ニットぼう
knitted hat; woollen hat
- ハンチング帽ハンチングぼう
flat cap
- パナマ帽パナマぼう
panama hat
- フェルト帽フェルトぼう
felt hat
- ベレー帽ベレーぼう
beret
- ロシア帽ロシアぼう
ushanka (fur hat)
- 三角帽さんかくぼう
three-cornered hat; tricorne
- 三角帽子さんかくぼうし
three-cornered hat; tricorne
Study
Etymology
帽 combines 巾 (cloth) with 冒, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of covering the head. The character originally referred to a cloth head covering.
Meaning mnemonic
The cloth radical 巾 on the left suggests fabric, and the right side 冒 looks like a cap covering the eyes (目) under the sun (日). Together, 帽 is a cloth cap.
Reading mnemonic
For ボウ, imagine a bow on top of a cap: bow -> ボウ, and the bow sits on the headgear.