蓋 means “lid, cover”

ふた · futa

Also: flap

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading): ふた, けだし, おおう, かさ, かこう
On'yomi (Chinese reading): ガイ, カイ, コウ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 13 strokes

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Grass (艹) over 去 and a dish (皿): picture a woven straw cover set over a dish. 蓋 is a lid: Japanese towns decorate their マンホールの蓋 with local designs, and 臭い物に蓋をする, putting a lid on what stinks, is hushing up a scandal.

Used in 蓋 (futa, lid), 頭蓋骨 (zugaikotsu, skull), and 火蓋を切る (hibuta o kiru, to open fire/kick off)

蓋 means “lid, cover”

The story

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