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蓋 — 13 strokes ／ Radical「艹」

道
2High school graduate / general ／ 13 strokes ／ Radical「艹」
On
ガイ・カイ・コウがい・かい・こう · gai · kai · kō
Kun
ふた・けだ.し・おお.う・かさ・かこうfuta · keda.shi · ō.u · kasa · kakō
Meaning
lid; cover

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Grass plus covering over: the thing laid on top — a lid.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onガイがいgai頭蓋骨ずがいこつ
Kunふたfuta蓋ふた火蓋ひぶた

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 頭蓋骨ずがいこつ

    skull

  • 蓋ふた

    lid

More words with this kanji

  • 瘡蓋かさぶた
  • 頭蓋ずがい

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

湯気(ゆげ)を逃(に)がすため鍋(なべ)の蓋(ふた)を開(あ)けた。

I lifted the pot lid to let the steam out.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

頭蓋骨頭蓋骨蓋頭head骨bone芯core苛harsh葛kudzu萎wither蔑despis…勾bend尻buttoc…虹rainbo…桁beam崖cliff
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 艹Map of reading ガイAll maps

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