■ radical

hé

what? why not?

How it’s built

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.

iconic

go; leave — Here used to graphically represent a lid with a handle. Unrelated to the verb "go".

iconic

dish; vessel

Through the ages

Seal script

Appears in

Characters that use 盍 as a component, most common first.