冒 risk, face, defy, dare, damage, assume (a name) 9 strokes jōyō, taught in secondary school old JLPT 1 #1317 in newspapers Readings Onボウ Kunおか.す In Chinese 冒 Words written with it 冒頭 ぼうとう beginning N1 冒険 ぼうけん adventure N3 冒す おかす to brave