Read Edit View history 盍 hé what? why not? Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of a lid (去) on top of a container (皿). Based on the original meaning "lid", now written as 蓋. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. Pinyin Separate values with commas hé × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Here used to graphically represent a lid with a handle. Unrelated to the verb "go". Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 盍 Simp strokes 盍 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 盍 Simp strokes 盍 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 盍 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 346, 652 ], [ 375, 645 ], [ 416, 646 ], [ 537, 665 ], [ 615, 686 ], [ 669, 683 ] ], [ [ 462, 825 ], [ 508, 783 ], [ 497, 583 ], [ 480, 564 ] ], [ [ 182, 512 ], [ 237, 505 ], [ 530, 548 ], [ 760, 569 ], [ 799, 564 ], [ 836, 551 ] ], [ [ 501, 509 ], [ 467, 495 ], [ 428, 441 ], [ 394, 407 ], [ 372, 358 ], [ 404, 357 ], [ 607, 404 ], [ 620, 395 ] ], [ [ 572, 477 ], [ 669, 405 ], [ 694, 361 ] ], [ [ 236, 242 ], [ 269, 219 ], [ 284, 197 ], [ 316, 67 ], [ 334, 58 ] ], [ [ 293, 241 ], [ 320, 230 ], [ 638, 287 ], [ 698, 287 ], [ 725, 262 ], [ 732, 246 ], [ 687, 108 ], [ 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