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蓋

gài, gě

cover

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 盍 represents the sound.

Components
艹 meaning component

艹  Meaning component

cao, cǎo

  

grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

盍 sound component

盍  Sound component

hé

  

what? why not?

Evolution

蓋 Bronze script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Bronze script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
蓋 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
蓋 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
蓋 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

盖 (蓋) 

gài

cover, hide, protect; lid; top; cover; canopy; to cover; to conceal; to build

盖 (蓋) 

Gě

surname Ge

Most common words with 蓋
Freq.
Word
Meaning

盖

lid

覆盖

to cover

膝盖

knee

掩盖

to conceal

涵盖

to cover

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[k]ˤap-s

kajH

gài

cover (v.); cover (n.)

*m-[k]ˤap

hap

hé

thatch, cover (v.)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 32.7567% of movies

1052nd most common character in movies

1052nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Simplified

盖

Unicode

U+84CB

Shuowen

“葢，苫也。从艸，盇聲。”


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