盖 (gài): meaning and stroke order
盖 (gài) means lid, top, cover, canopy, to cover, to conceal, to build, surname Ge.
盖
- Simplified
- 盖
- Traditional
- 蓋
- Pinyin
- gài · Gě
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Stroke order of 盖
盖
- Gě surname Ge
- gài lid; top
- 11 strokes
- Traditional form: 蓋
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Meaning of 盖
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gài
Traditional 蓋
- lid
- top
- cover
- canopy
- to cover
- to conceal
- to build
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Gě
Traditional 蓋
- surname Ge
Radical and structure
- 盖
- Radical 皿 (Kangxi radical 108) · 11 strokes · 𦍌 on top, 皿 below
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 盖
- 膝盖 xī gài knee; (Internet slang) to kneel down (in admiration)
盖 in our stories
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洪水终于退了，百姓能重新种地、盖房子。人们感激他，后来推举他做了首领。
hóngshuǐ zhōngyú tuì le bǎixìng néng chóngxīn zhòng dì gài fángzi rénmen gǎnjī tā hòulái tuījǔ tā zuò le shǒulǐng
At last the flood receded, and people could farm and build again. They were so grateful that they later chose him as their leader.
From the story Yu the Great tames the flood HSK 6
Stories using 盖
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).