# 盍

| 盍 | U+76CD, &#30413; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-76CD |
| ← 盌 [U+76CC] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 盎 → [U+76CE] |

## Translingual
### Han character

盍 (Kangxi radical 108, 皿+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 土戈月廿 (GIBT), four-corner 4010$_7$, composition ⿱去皿)
* what? why not?

#### Derived characters

* 𪝙, 嗑, 𡏖, 𡻊, 𢄍, 㥺, 搕, 溘, 𤠡, 榼, 𣩄, 熆, 䐦, 瞌, 磕, 𥛐, 𧛾, 𦔏, 䗘, 𧪞(𬤒), 𫎽, 𨍰(𫐔), 醘, 鎑(𰾩), 𩇠, 𱌻, 𮫥, 𩌍, 饁(馌), 鰪, 𥃕, 豔(𧰟)
* 𨜴, 𢾩, 𣣹, 𥂇, 𫇤, 䫦, 𭾖, 𬾾, 蓋, 篕, 𩮨, 𪔮, 㔩, 㕎, 廅, 𢩘, 𤸱, 𠥕, 闔(阖), 圔, 𣝒

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 794, character 2
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22980
* Dae Jaweon: page 1209, character 1
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2559, character 4
* Unihan data for U+76CD

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 盍 :
| Shang | Western Zhou | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 蓋 | *kaːbs, *kaːb, *ɡaːb |
| 盖 | *kaːbs |
| 溘 | *kʰaːbs, *kʰoːb, *kʰaːb |
| 搕 | *qoːb |
| 嗑 | *kaːb, *ɡaːb |
| 榼 | *kʰaːb |
| 磕 | *kʰaːb, *kʰaːd |
| 瞌 | *kʰaːb |
| 盍 | *ɡaːb |
| 闔 | *ɡaːb |
| 篕 | *ɡaːb |
| 熆 | *ɡaːb |
| 鰪 | *qaːb |
| 廅 | *qaːb |
| 圔 | *qroːb |
| 饁 | *ɢrab |
Original form of 蓋. Pictogram (象形) , a container and its lid.

### Etymology

From the fusion of 何不 (OC *ɡaːl pɯ, “why not”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): hé (he$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hap$^6$
* Eastern Min (BUC): hăk
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khah / a̍p
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hé
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hé
*** Wade–Giles: ho$^2$
*** Yale: hé
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: her
*** Palladius: хэ (xɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /xɤ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hap$^6$
*** Yale: hahp
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hap$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: heb$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɐp̚²/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: hăk
*** Sinological IPA : /haʔ⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khah / a̍p
*** Tâi-lô: khah / a̍p
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qaq, ap
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kʰaʔ³²/, /ap̚⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰaʔ⁵/, /ap̚²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰaʔ³²/, /ap̚¹²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kʰaʔ³²/, /ap̚⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰaʔ³²/, /ap̚⁴/
* Middle Chinese: hap
Rime :
| Character | 盍 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 盍 (144) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 胡臘切 |
| Baxter | hap |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦɑp̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦɑp̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣɑp̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦap̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣɑp̚/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣɑp̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ɣɑp̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | hé |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hap$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*m-[k]ˤap/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡaːb/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 盍 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | hé |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ hap › |
| Old Chinese | /*m-[k]ˁap/ |
| English | thatch, cover (v.) |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 盍 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 5080 |
| Phonetic component | 盍 |
| Rime group | 盍 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 盍 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡaːb/ |

### Definitions

盍
* (Classical) why; how
* (Classical) why not
    From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Zǐ yuē: “Hé gè yán ěr zhì?” [Pinyin]
    The Master said, "Why don't each of you talk about your aspirations?"
    From: Mozi, c. 4th century BCE
    Yǒu yóu yú Zǐ Mòzǐ zhī mén zhě, Zǐ Mòzǐ yuē: “Hé xué hū?” [Pinyin]
    A man visited Mozi's school. Mozi said: Why not come and study?
* Used in 盍簪.
* Used in 盍旦.
* Original form of 蓋／盖 (gài, “to cover”).
* a surname

#### Compounds

* 昌盍
* 盍各
* 盍旦 (hédàn)
* 盍簪

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* come together
* congregate
* meet
* cover

#### Readings

* Go-on: ごう (gō)
* Kan-on: こう (kō)
* Kun: おおう (oou, 盍う)、あう (au, 盍う)、なんぞ (nanzo, 盍ぞ)、なんぞ…ざる (nanzo…zaru, 盍ぞ…ざる)

### References

* ↑ “盍”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024

## Korean
### Hanja

盍 • (hap) (hangeul 합)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

盍: Hán Nôm readings: hạp, khạp
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