蓋 – cover, lid, flap

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The kanji 蓋 means cover, lid, flap. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ガイ、カイ、コウ (gai, kai, kou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ふた、けだ.し、おお.う、かさ、かこう (futa, kedashi, oou, kasa, kakou). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 艸 (no. 140).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ガイ	gai
On’yomi	カイ	kai
On’yomi	コウ	kou
Kun’yomi	ふた	futa
Kun’yomi	けだ.し	kedashi
Kun’yomi	おお.う	oou
Kun’yomi	かさ	kasa
Kun’yomi	かこう	kakou

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 艸 (Kangxi radical 140). Components: 皿・土・厶・艾.

Words using 蓋

蓋ふたcover

Kanji with the same radical

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