cover

Origin & mnemonic

This radical originated as a pictograph depicting a cover or lid used to conceal something. It represents the concept of covering or concealing an object.

Mnemonic: The curved horizontal stroke resembles a lid placed on top to cover something below.

• 冖mì🔊

  "cover" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 14), occurring in 軍|军[jun1], 冠[guan1] etc, known as 禿寶蓋|秃宝盖[tu1 bao3 gai4] or 平寶蓋|平宝盖[ping2 bao3 gai4]

  2 strokes

• 冗rǒng🔊

  variant of 冗[rong3]

  4 strokes

• 冘yín🔊

  to go forward

  4 strokes

• 写xiě🔊

  to write

  HSK 1

  5 strokes

• 农nóng🔊

  variant of 農|农[nong2]

  6 strokes

• 冞mí🔊

  deep

  8 strokes

• 冠guān🔊

  hat

  9 strokes

• 冢zhǒng🔊

  burial mound (variant of 冢[zhong3])

  10 strokes

• 冤yuān🔊

  old variant of 冤[yuan1]

  HSK 7

  10 strokes

• 冡méng🔊

  old variant of 蒙[meng2]

  10 strokes

• 冣jù🔊

  old variant of 聚[ju4]

  10 strokes

• 冥míng🔊

  old variant of 冥[ming2]

  10 strokes

• 冧lín🔊

  (Cantonese) to topple

  10 strokes

• 幂mì🔊

  (math.) power; exponent

  12 strokes