Chinese Character Wiki
盍

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
去 iconic component

去  Iconic component

qù

  

go away

Here used to graphically represent a lid with a handle. Unrelated to the verb "go".

皿 iconic component

皿  Iconic component

mǐn

  

dish

Evolution

盍 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
盍 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
盍 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
盍 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
盍 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

盍  

hé

what? why not?; why not

盍 (盇) 

hé

variant of 盍[hé]

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

豔

Sound component in 8 characters (2 verified)

盖 蓋 磕 瞌 阖 闔 嗑 溘

Simplified component in 1 character (1 verified)

盖

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*m-[k]ˤap

hap

hé

thatch, cover (v.)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5625th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Unicode

U+76CD

Shuowen

“，覆也。从血、大。”


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