盖

2 readings · tap one to hear it

lid; top; cover; canopy; to cover; to conceal; to build

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Formation & memory

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

A dish 皿 with a lid 羊

Components 羊皿

lid · Heisig RSH #1137

羊 sheep + dish

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
拉盖尔	Lā gài ěr	Laguerre (name); Edmond Laguerre (1834-1886), French mathematician
三八大盖	Sān bā Dà gài	(coll.) Arisaka Type 38 rifle (Japanese army rifle used 1905-1945)
阿尔盖达	Ā ěr Gài dá	al-Qaeda
盖尔语	Gài ěr yǔ	Gaelic (language)
盖州市	Gài zhōu Shì	Gaizhou, a county-level city in Yingkou City 營口市\|营口市[Ying2 kou3 Shi4], Liaoning
盖然性	gài rán xìng	probability
头盖骨	tóu gài gǔ	skull; cranium
盖世太保	Gài shì tài bǎo	Gestapo
功高盖主	gōng gāo gài zhǔ	lit. one's accomplishments overshadow the authority of the sovereign (idiom); fig. to be s…
阿盖达	Ā Gài dá	al-Qaeda
盖特纳	Gài tè nà	Geithner (name); Timothy Geithner (1961-), US banker, Treasury Secretary 2009-2013
盖子	gài zi	cover; lid; shell
盖县	Gài xiàn	Gai county in Liaoning
盖头	gài tóu	cover; cap; topping; head covering; veil
头盖	tóu gài	skull; cranium
盖儿	gài r	cover; lid
滑盖手机	huá gài shǒu jī	slider phone
盖尔	Gài ěr	Gaelic; Geier or Gayer (name)
盖上	gài shang	to cover
若尔盖县	Ruò ěr gài Xiàn	Zoigê, a county in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州\|阿坝藏族羌族自治州[A1 ba…