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蓋 = 皿 + 去 + 艹
蓋 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “lid”. It is built from 皿 (dish), 去 (gone) and 艹 (mugwort). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1561.
- Keyword
- lid
- RTK frame
- 1561
- Strokes
- 13
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ガイ, カイ, コウ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- ふた, けだ.し, おお.う, かさ, かこう
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- cover, крышка
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 蓋 cover
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 蓋 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “dish” + “gone” + “mugwort”. 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.