The kanji 蓋: meaning, readings and stroke order

蓋

Meaning: lid, cover
On reading: ガイ gai
Kun reading: ふた futa
Strokes: 13
Radical: 艸 grass
Level: Level 10 · the last years of senior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: cái nắp, che đậy (cái)
Japanese: ふた。おおう。
Korean: 뚜껑, 덮다 (개)
Chinese: 盖子、覆盖 (盖)

Readings, words and example sentences

ガイ gai · on reading · less common

頭ず蓋がい骨こつ
skull
頭ず蓋がい骨こつの図を見ます。
I look at a picture of a skull.

ふた futa · kun reading

蓋ふた
lid, cover
なべの 蓋ふたを開けます。
I take the lid off the pot.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.