Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food

蔽: cover, shade

Also: mantle, capsize, be ruined

N1 (our estimate)15 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

艹 carries the meaning · 敝 is drawn in

15 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ヘイhei · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 隠蔽いんぺいconcealment; hiding; covering up
  • 遮蔽しゃへいshielding; sheltering; screening
  • 障蔽しょうへいpartitions in a Japanese house (e.g.…

Also read ヘツ, フツ, おおう, おおい, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Grass growing on top! Like a green crown upon the earth, this radical sits above kanji related to flowers, herbs, and vegetation.”
More in the 艹 grass story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
艹

Also built on grass (艹)

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敝

Also built on 敝

Also read ヘイ

15 kanji share this on'yomiAll 15

Also read フツ

3 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
蔽 cover · 艹
vs弊 abuse · 廾
蔽 has 艹 where 弊 has 廾.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · bì

Same form: 蔽 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
蔽 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
蔽 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin bì most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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