盖

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See also: 蓋
盖 U+76D6, 盖
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-76D6
← 盕
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 盗 →

Translingual

Han character

盖 (Kangxi radical 108, 皿+6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 廿土月廿 (TGBT), composition ⿱𦍌皿)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 794, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22996
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1209, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2563, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+76D6

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (盍) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
蓋 *kaːbs, *kaːb, *ɡaːb
盖 *kaːbs
溘 *kʰaːbs, *kʰoːb, *kʰaːb
搕 *qoːb
嗑 *kaːb, *ɡaːb
榼 *kʰaːb
磕 *kʰaːb, *kʰaːd
瞌 *kʰaːb
盍 *ɡaːb
闔 *ɡaːb
篕 *ɡaːb
熆 *ɡaːb
鰪 *qaːb
廅 *qaːb
圔 *qroːb
饁 *ɢrab

Found in the Zhengzitong 《正字通 (Zhèngzìtōng)》 as an unorthodox variant (俗字) of 蓋. Currently used as the form adopted in mainland China.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 盖 – see 蓋 (“to cover; to conceal; to cover up; to conceal; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified and variant form of 蓋).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji

盖

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. cover
  2. lid
  3. flap

Readings

  • On (unclassified): がい (gai)、こう (kō)、かい (kai)
  • Kun: かさ (kasa)、ふた (futa)、おおう (ōu)

Korean

Hanja

盖 (eumhun 덮을 개 (deopeul gae))

  1. Alternative form of 蓋 (“hanja form? of 개 (“cover”)”)

References

Tày

Verb

盖 (cái)

  1. Nôm form of cái (“to climb; to erect”).
    淰曾盖叭芮坚艾
    Nặm rọ cái khảu rườn kin ngải
    Water can be led home with gutters for ease of drinking

References

  • Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

Zhuang

Noun

盖

  1. Sawndip form of gaeq (“chicken”)
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