冒 mào to emit; to give off; brave

Made up of [目 mù eye radical 109]
Used as component 冒 in :帽 mào
Made with 9 strokes.

Originally a picture of an eye under a cover

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Also uses 目 mù component: 德 dé (virtue) 盾 dùn (shield) ; 睛 jīng (eye) ; 看 kàn (look) ; 面 miàn (face) ; 盼 pàn (to hope for) ; 算 suàn (calculate) ; 相 xiāng (each other) ; 直 zhí (straight) ; 自 zì (from)

Sounds same

帽 mào (hat)

Different tone

猫 māo (cat) ; 毛 máo (hair) ; 矛 máo (spear)

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