蓋
See also: 盖
| ||||||||
TranslingualEdit
Han characterEdit
蓋 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+10, 14 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 13 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 廿土戈廿 (TGIT), four-corner 44107, composition ⿱艹盍)
Derived charactersEdit
ReferencesEdit
- KangXi: page 1051, character 12
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31652
- Dae Jaweon: page 1513, character 9
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3260, character 13
- Unihan data for U+84CB
ChineseEdit
| trad. | 蓋 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 盖 | |
| alternative forms | 乢 匼 | |
Glyph originEdit
| Historical forms of the character 蓋 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Western Zhou | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
|
|
|
|
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kaːbs, *kaːb, *ɡaːb): semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 盍 (OC *ɡaːb) — a thatch.
盍 is the original character for the “cover” sense. However, because this original character was borrowed to mean “why not”, the scope of senses for 蓋 expanded to include the “cover” sense (and its extended meanings).
Etymology 1Edit
Pronunciation 1Edit
DefinitionsEdit
蓋
- to cover; to conceal
- 蓋被／盖被 [Hokkien] ― kah-phōe [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― to put on a blanket
- (figurative) to cover up; to conceal
- (Min Nan) to put on; to apply
- to stamp; to affix (a seal)
- to overwhelm; to surpass
- to build; to construct
- to talk nonsense; to chatter; to brag; to boast; to bluff
- cover; cap; lid
- shell (of a turtle, crab, etc.)
- † thatch; straw mat
- † canopy
- (dialectal) excellent; fantastic
- (Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien, Southern Sixian Hakka) very
- 該係蓋久蓋久个以前，𠊎還蓋細蓋細个時節，𠊎還蓋細蓋細个時節 [Sixian Hakka, trad.]
- From: 2006, 林姿君, 匍背 (Hunchback)
- Te he koi kiú koi kiú e yî-chhièn, ngài hàn koi se koi se e sṳ̀-chiet, ngài hàn koi se koi se e sṳ̀-chiet [Pha̍k-fa-sṳ]
- That is a very, very long time ago, when I was still very, very small, when I was still very, very small.
该系盖久盖久个以前，𠊎还盖细盖细个时节，𠊎还盖细盖细个时节 [Sixian Hakka, simp.]
- † probably; roughly
- † for; because
- a surname
SynonymsEdit
Dialectal synonyms of 蓋 (“to cover; to conceal”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 蓋 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 蓋 |
| Taiwan | 蓋 | |
| Jinan | 蓋 | |
| Xi'an | 蓋 | |
| Wuhan | 蓋, 㝩, 垛 | |
| Chengdu | 蓋, 㝩 | |
| Yangzhou | 蓋 | |
| Hefei | 蓋 | |
| Singapore | 蓋 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 蓋, 冚, 扱 |
| Hong Kong | 冚, 扱 | |
| Yangjiang | 扱 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 蓋, 㔶, 盍 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 蓋, 弇 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 弇 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 弇 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 弇 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 弇 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 弇 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 揜 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 蓋 |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 㔶𱔴 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 㔶, 㪠 |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 崁 |
| Quanzhou | 崁 | |
| Zhangzhou | 崁 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 崁 | |
| Chaozhou | 蓋, 崁 | |
| Shantou | 蓋 | |
| Jieyang | 蓋, 崁 | |
| Wu | Suzhou | 蓋 |
| Wenzhou | 㔶, 蓋 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 蓋 |
| Shuangfeng | 蓋, 㔶 | |
Dialectal synonyms of 蓋 (“to build; to construct (a building)”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 蓋子, 蓋 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 蓋兒, 蓋子 |
| Taiwan | 蓋子 | |
| Singapore | 蓋 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 蓋 |
| Hong Kong | 蓋 | |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 蓋仔 |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 蓋仔 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 蓋仔 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 蓋 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 蓋仔 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 蓋 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 蓋蓋 |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 蓋, 崁 |
| Quanzhou | 蓋, 崁 | |
| Zhangzhou | 蓋, 崁 | |
| Tainan | 蓋 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 蓋 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 蓋, 崁 | |
| Shantou | 蓋 | |
| Jieyang | 蓋 | |
CompoundsEdit
Derived terms from 蓋
|
|
See alsoEdit
- 捂 (wǔ)
Pronunciation 2Edit
DefinitionsEdit
蓋
- (obsolete) Alternative form of 盍 (hé, “to cover; to join together; thatch”).
- (obsolete) Alternative form of 闔／阖 (hé, “door leaf”).
Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
DefinitionsEdit
蓋
- (～邑) (historical) Ge (a city in the ancient state of Qi in modern-day Yishui County, Shandong)
- a surname
Etymology 3Edit
PronunciationEdit
DefinitionsEdit
蓋
- (obsolete) Alternative form of 盍 (hé, “how; why”).
- (obsolete) Alternative form of 盍 (hé, “why not”).
- 晉獻公將殺其世子申生，公子重耳謂之曰：「子蓋言子之志於公乎？」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Book of Rites, c. 4th – 2nd century BCE
- Jìn Xiàn Gōng jiāng shā qí shì zǐ Shēnshēng, gōngzǐ Chóngěr wèi zhī yuē: “Zǐ hé yán zǐ zhī zhì yú gōng hū?” [Pinyin]
- Duke Xian of Jin, intending to put to death his heir-son Shen-sheng, another son, Chong-er, said to the latter, "Why do you not tell what is in your mind to the duke?"
晋献公将杀其世子申生，公子重耳谓之曰：“子盖言子之志于公乎？” [Classical Chinese, simp.]- 子貢曰：「夫子之道至大也，故天下莫能容夫子。夫子蓋少貶焉？」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
- Zǐgòng yuē: “Fūzǐ zhī dào zhì dà yě, gù tiānxià mò néng róng fūzǐ. Fūzǐ hé shǎo biǎn yān?” [Pinyin]
- Zigong said, "Master, your philosophy is the greatest, and thus no one in the world can accept you. Why do you, Master, not slightly lower your standards?"
子贡曰：“夫子之道至大也，故天下莫能容夫子。夫子盖少贬焉？” [Classical Chinese, simp.]
ReferencesEdit
- “Entry #10820”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
JapaneseEdit
KanjiEdit
蓋
ReadingsEdit
- Go-on: かい (kai); ごう (gō)
- Kan-on: かい (kai); こう (kō)
- Kan’yō-on: がい (gai, Jōyō)
- Kun: ふた (futa, 蓋, Jōyō); けだし (kedashi, 蓋し); おおう (ōu, 蓋う); かさ (kasa, 蓋)
CompoundsEdit
EtymologyEdit
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 蓋 |
| ふた Grade: S |
| kun’yomi |
NounEdit
- lid; cap; cover; (malacology) operculum
- 箱のふた ― hako no futa ― box lid
- ビンの蓋 ― bin no futa ― cap of a bottle
KoreanEdit
HanjaEdit
VietnameseEdit
Han characterEdit
- This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
{{rfdef}}.