hé
what? why not?
Original meaning:
lid
Pictograph of a lid (去) on top of a container (皿). Based on the original meaning "lid", now written as 蓋. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Components
Evolution
![盍 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC) 盍 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E7%9B%8D_0.png)
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)![盍 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC) 盍 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E7%9B%8D_2.png)
Bronze script
Late Warring States (~250 BC)![盍 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD) 盍 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E7%9B%8D_6.png)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)![盍 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD) 盍 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E7%9B%8D_9.png)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernComponent uses
Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)
Simplified component in 1 character (1 verified)
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