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蓋 = 艹 + 盍

蓋 is a traditional Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “cover”. It is built from 艹 (grass) and 盍 (what? why not?). It appears as a component in 6 other characters in this index.

Keyword
cover
Pinyin (Mandarin)
gài
Script
Traditional chinese hanzi
Also known as
cover, hide, protect, защита, укрытие, hide, protect
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji
蓋 lid

Decomposition

ids

  1. 艹 grass
  2. 盍 what? why not?

Characters that contain 蓋

How to find 蓋 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “grass” + “what? why not?”. 蓋 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 蓋 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.