Kanji N2

帽: cap, headgear

帽 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning cap, headgear, written with 12 strokes. It is read ボウ, モウ (on) and ずきん, おおう (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 帽子 (ぼうし, hat) and 脱帽 (だつぼう, removing one's hat).

帽

Meanings

  • cap
  • headgear
Strokes12
JLPT levelN2
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#1742 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ボウ
  • モウ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • ずきん
  • おおう

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

Watch the stroke order

Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Now draw it

Trace each stroke in order. Wrong direction or wrong order gets flagged right away.

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Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 12. Start at the dot.

Common words with 帽

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 帽子ぼうし

    hat; cap

    JLPT N5
  • 脱帽だつぼう

    removing one's hat

  • 烏帽子えぼし

    eboshi

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.