盖

盖

See also: 蓋

盖 U+76D6, 盖 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-76D6 ← 盕 [U+76D5] CJK Unified Ideographs 盗 → [U+76D7]

Translingual

Han character

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

References

• KangXi: 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

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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

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, 盖, is the simplified form of 蓋.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Kanji

盖

(uncommon “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 (oou)

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Korean

Hanja

盖 (eumhun 덮을 개 (deopeul gae))

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

References

• Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表, Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo), page 1.

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Zhuang

Noun

盖

1. Sawndip form of gaeq (“chicken”)