Kanji

蓋

蓋

cover, lid, flap

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

13 strokes

Radical

艸部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

ガイ, カイ, コウ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

ふた, けだし, おおう, かさ, かこう

Example sentences

蓋 ふた
鍋 の 蓋 を 開ける と 、 いい 匂い が した

When I opened the lid of the pot, it smelled good.

椀 わん
彼 は 椀 の 蓋 を 静かに 開けた

He quietly opened the lid of the bowl.

蓋を開ける ふたをあける
選挙 の 結果 は 、 蓋を開けて みる まで 分からない 。

You won't know the result of the election until the lid is opened (until it's over).

天蓋 てんがい
お姫様 の ベッド に は 美しい 天蓋 が あった

The princess's bed had a beautiful canopy.

目蓋 まぶた
彼女 は 疲れて 目蓋 が 重そうだった 。

She was tired and her eyelids seemed heavy.

火蓋 ひぶた
彼 が 発言 した こと で 、 議論 の 火蓋 が 切られた 。

His statement opened the floodgates of debate.

Example Vocabulary

蓋

ふた

lid; cover; cap

蓋を開ける

ふたをあける

to open the lid; to start something; to see the result/outcome

頭蓋骨

ずがいこつ

天蓋

てんがい

canopy

頭蓋

ずがい

目蓋

まぶた

eyelid

身も蓋もない

みもふたもない

蓋を閉める

ふたをしめる

火蓋

ひぶた

gunfire cap; start of something

口蓋

こうがい

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