• 1050th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 85 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Ge3)surname Ge
2. gài (gai4)lid • top • cover • canopy • to cover • to conceal • to build

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

掩盖 (掩蓋)
膝盖 (膝蓋)
覆盖 (覆蓋)
锅盖 (鍋蓋)

Uncommon

冰盖 (冰蓋)
劈头盖脸 (劈頭蓋臉)
加盖 (加蓋)
封盖 (封蓋)
后盖 (後蓋)
卷铺盖 (捲鋪蓋)
欲盖弥彰 (欲蓋彌彰)
涵盖 (涵蓋)
翻盖 (翻蓋)
华盖 (華蓋)
盖上 (蓋上)
盖世 (蓋世)
盖子 (蓋子)
盖帽 (蓋帽)
盖浇饭 (蓋澆飯)
盖章 (蓋章)
盖茨 (蓋茨)
盖头 (蓋頭)
盖饭 (蓋飯)
覆盖率 (覆蓋率)
遮盖 (遮蓋)
铺天盖地 (鋪天蓋地)
铺盖 (鋪蓋)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.