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冒

Traditional: 冐

mào

HSK 3.0 · 5

Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

mào · mou6 (Jyutping)

  1. old variant of 冒[mao4]
  2. to emit; to give off; to send out (or up, forth)
  3. to brave; to face
  4. (bound form) reckless
  5. to falsely adopt (sb's identity etc); to feign
  6. (literary) to cover
  7. surname Mao

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

冒

Meaning
risk, brave, dare
Radical
冂
Strokes
9
Components
⿱日目
Cangjie
ABU
Four-corner
6060.0

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