盖(gài)

HSK 411 strokesTrad. 蓋
Readingsgàigěhé

surname Ge

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Character information

Pinyin
gài / gě / hé
Meaning
surname Ge
Strokes
11
HSK level
HSK 4
Traditional
蓋

Origin & structure

Where 盖 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱羊皿

A dish 皿 with a lid 羊

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

羊yáng皿mǐn

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

Traditional form 蓋: grass

How to write 盖 step by step

11 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 盖

Common words using 盖 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

yǎn掩gài盖
HSK 7-9

to conceal

Open 掩盖 page →
hán涵gài盖
HSK 7-9

to cover

Open 涵盖 page →
xī膝gài盖
HSK 7-9

knee

Open 膝盖 page →
gài盖zi子
HSK 7-9

cover

Open 盖子 page →
jǐng井gài盖

manhole cover (more formally, 窨井盖)

Open 井盖 page →
qīng倾gài盖

to meet in passing; to get on well at first meeting

Open 倾盖 page →
bīng冰gài盖

ice sheet

Open 冰盖 page →
pī劈tóu头gài盖liǎn脸

lit. splitting the head and covering the face (idiom); fig. pelting (with rain etc)

Open 劈头盖脸 page →

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丈与严临之乎亚企

From 盖’s common words

掩涵膝子井倾冰劈

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