蓋
lid; cover; flap
13 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 2388.
Readings
- ガイ (on reading): 頭蓋骨 (ずがいこつ) skull; 頭蓋 (ずがい) cranium
- ふた (kun reading): 蓋 (ふた) cover; 鰓蓋 (えらぶた) gill cover
- けだし (kun reading): 蓋し (けだし) certainly
- カイ (on reading)
- コウ (on reading)
- おおう (kun reading): 棺を蓋いて事定まる (かんをおおいてことさだまる) a person's worth is assessed only when their coffin is sealed
- かさ (kun reading)
- かこう (kun reading)
Components
Words using 蓋
- 頭蓋骨 (ずがいこつ) skull
- 頭蓋 (ずがい) cranium
- 口蓋 (こうがい) palate
- 無蓋 (むがい) open
- 有蓋 (ゆうがい) covered
- 蓋 (ふた) cover
- 鰓蓋 (えらぶた) gill cover
- 火蓋 (ひぶた) apron of a gun
- 身も蓋もない (みもふたもない) blunt
- 鍋蓋 (なべぶた) pan lid
- 蓋し (けだし) certainly
- 棺を蓋いて事定まる (かんをおおいてことさだまる) a person's worth is assessed only when their coffin is sealed
101 words in all.