mào

old variant of 冒[mao4]

surname Mao; to emit; to give off; to send out (or up, forth); to brave; to face; (bound form) reckless; to falsely adopt (sb's identity etc); to feign; (literary) to cover

Sun (日) over eye (目) = press through, emit, brave recklessly

The eye (目) pushing up through the sun (日) captures the idea of pressing forward past a barrier — like mist rising through light, or a person forging ahead despite danger. The stacked structure visually suggests something breaking through from below.

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Words with 冒

顶冒

dǐng mào

abbr. for 頂名冒姓|顶名冒姓[ding3 ming2 mao4 xing4]

顶名冒姓

dǐng míng mào xìng

to pretend to be sb else

不揣冒昧

bù chuǎi mào mèi

to venture to

仿冒

fǎng mào

to counterfeit

仿冒品

fǎng mào pǐn

counterfeit object

假冒

jiǎ mào

to impersonate

假冒伪劣

jiǎ mào wěi liè

cheap quality counterfeit (goods)

假冒品

jiǎ mào pǐn

counterfeit object

傻冒

shǎ mào

idiot

冒充

mào chōng

to feign

冒冒失失

mào mào shī shī

bold

冒出来

mào chū lái

to emerge; to pop up; to spring forth; to appear from nowhere

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