Cover Radical (冖) — Characters, Meaning and Practice Worksheet
冖 is the cover radical. It appears in 18 of the most common Chinese characters — these 12 are the ones worth learning first, and the worksheet below gives every one of them a pinyin header, a stroke-by-stroke model and blank Tianzige grids to copy into.
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What does 冖 mean?
Cover radical · 冖 mì · 2 strokes · a cover
As a radical it is called 秃宝盖 (tū bǎo gài).
It usually appears across the top of the character. The Origin column below shows what each character's parts do — many take their meaning from the radical, some take their sound from the other half.
Shapes: 冖
冖 itself: A cover-cloth
12 common characters with 冖
Ranked by how often they appear in real written Chinese. Every character links to its own page with a stroke-order animation and example words.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 学 | xué | learn, study | A building 冖 where children 子 study; ⺍ provides the pronunciation |
| 军 | jūn | army | Soldiers 冖 (distorted 力) in a cart 车 |
| 受 | shòu | receive; be subject to, suffer; endure, bear | Something 冖 passed from one hand 爫 to another 又 |
| 觉 | jué | feel; become aware | ⺍ supplies the sound |
| 带 | dài | carry, bring, take | A belt, creasing one's robe above 卅 but not below 巾 |
| 爱 | ài | love, like | To bring a friend 友 into one's house 冖 |
| 写 | xiě | write | |
| 农 | nóng | agriculture, farming | Simplified form of 農, tilling the field 田 with a hoe 辰 |
| 营 | yíng | camp; battalion | |
| 劳 | láo | (bound form) to toil; labor; (bound form) laborer; (bound form) merito… | A man lifting 力 a load 冖 of grass 艹 |
| 亮 | liàng | bright, light; enlightened | A lit oil lamp |
| 索 | suǒ | to search; to demand; to ask; to exact; large rope; isolated | A rope 糸 hanging from the ceiling 冖 |
Related Radicals
- 儿Legs radical · ér10 common characters · son; a pair of legs
- 八Eight radical · bā44 common characters · eight; a pair dividing left and right
- 冂Frame radical · jiōng18 common characters · an open frame; borders
- 冫Ice radical · bīng14 common characters · ice; cold
- 几Table radical · jī12 common characters · a small table
- 刂Knife radical · dāo38 common characters · knife, blade
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