14 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 11th grade

cover, lid, flap

Kun'yomi
  • cover
  • certainly ②possibly
  • to cover
  • かさ
  • かこう
On'yomi
  • ガイ
  • カイ
  • コウ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

ふた 81.1%
ガイカイ 18.7%
けだ 0.2%

Character Breakdown

cover, lid, flap
ふた ガイ けだ.し (11th)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
come together, congregate, meet
コウ おお.う なんぞ (Kentei 1)
gone, past, quit
さ.る コ キョ (3rd, N4)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ ボウ ム (Kentei 1)
dish, a helping, plate
さら ベイ (3rd, N2)

Common Words

apron of a gun
canopy ②priestly minstrel's reed hood
back cover (e.g. camera, watch, etc.)
pan lid ②kanji "kettle lid" radical (radical 8)
creeping bugleweed (Ajuga decumbens)
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References

Unicode hex code 84CB
JIS X 0208 1-19-24
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 4019
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 5155
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2503
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2933
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2040
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2388
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 1561
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2193
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 31652X
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1286
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3k10.15
Four corner code 4410.7