The Japanese Radical: 冒


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sun&eye    冒

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冒
JLPT 1Joyo 7
risk, defy, dare, damage, attack
okasu, BŌ
目 冒
Top: sun 日, below: eye 目
(Don't stare at the sun:) Sun in the eyes is risky! (Use instead a hat: 帽子 [ぼうし])  
帽
JLPT 2Joyo 7
cap, hat
BŌ
巾 冒
Left: cloth 巾, right: risky 冒 (Staring at the sun 日 with your eyes 目 is risky.)
The cloth between the sun and the eyes is: a cap.  
慢
JLPT 1Joyo 7
lazy, rude, ridicule, boastful, chronic (disease)
MAN
忄 冒 罒 又
Left: feeling 忄, right: beautiful 曼 (.. when the sun 日 shines on the eyes 罒 with long eyelashes 又)
The feeling that she was so beautiful made her lazy and boastful.  
漫
JLPT 1Joyo 7
cartoon (Manga), random, diffuse, boundless
sozoro, MAN
氵 冒 罒 又
Left: water 氵, right: beautiful 曼 (.. when the sun 日 shines on the eyes 罒 with long eyelashes 又)
Painted with water(colors) and it shows the sun and (big) eyes with eyelashes: The Manga.  

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