"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]

Mnemonic symbol: 冖 shall be represented by a saucepan lid. Marilyn Monroe (mi-) wants to use the bathroom in the space station (Ø4), but the door is broken! She tries to cover herself with a saucepan lid (冖) instead.

冖 character breakdown

The character 冖 cannot be broken down into individual components.

Characters with 冖 as component

(bound form) army / military

= + : As a component in other characters: a general.

Zeus is driving a car in front of the restaurant. It's a cabriolet, so he uses a cooking top to protect himself from the weather. With the cooking top on his head, he looks kinda like a weird general.
Taiwan (abbr.)

= + : Tecumseh assumed is new post behind a counter in the airplane's kitchen. His task is to give a mandarin as a present to every visitor. Because he's allergic to mandarins he wears a fake nose so he doesn't have to smell them.
platform / stage / terrace / stand / support / station / broadcasting station / classifier for vehicles or machines

= + : Tecumseh assumed is new post behind a counter in the airplane's kitchen. His task is to give a mandarin as a present to every visitor. Because he's allergic to mandarins he wears a fake nose so he doesn't have to smell them.
surname Guan
hat / crown / crest / cap

= + + : Gitta Giraffe (gu) is busking in front of the anthill (an1). She has a hat (冠) lying in front of her, but the hat is protected by a cooking top (冖). Many passersby give her the thumbs up (寸) or put some coins (元) into her hat.
old variant of 蒙[meng2]
comet

= + + : Beelzebub (b) wants to fry an egg (子) in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4). He breaks the egg onto a cooking top (冖) and to fry it, he summons a comet (孛) using a cross (十) he holds the other way around. The comet causes a fire on which Beelzebub fries the egg.
Shun (c. 23rd century BC), mythical sage and leader
Character component without intrinsic meaning
variant of 疊|叠[die2]
variant of 疊|叠[die2]
to fold / to fold over in layers / to furl / to layer / to pile up / to repeat / to duplicate

= + : Dorothy Gale (di) finds the shelves (冝) in the elevator's kitchen (e2) are a complete mess. First she completely empties the shelves, piling up a heap of boxing gloves (叒) and another heap of cooking tops (冝). Then she proceeds to neatly layer (叠) the boxing gloves and cooking tops back into the shelves.
to go forward / to advance

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a treadmill.

Maud Younger (y) and Sun Wukong (儿) are exercising together in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2). They are running on treadmills (冘) and using cooking tops (冖) to fan themselves some air.
(bound form) mostly used in either 冘豫[you2 yu4] or 冘疑[you2 yi2]

Words with 冖

冖 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 冖

冖 currently does not appear in any sentence.