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what? why not?

HSK 10
Objects →Containers
hé
コウ
おお.う、なんぞ
합
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.
Components
去 go+ 皿 dish =
盍 what? why not?
去 Iconic component
qù go
go away, leave, depart
Here used to graphically represent a lid with a handle. Unrelated to the verb "go".
皿 Iconic component
mǐn dish
shallow container
Notes
Similar Characters
佉 divine劫 plunder却 still (simp)呿 to yawn怯 lacking in courage法 method灋 statute (archaic)珐 Cloisonné Enamel (simp)砝 balance weights祛 disperse胠 throw丟 mislay (trad)丢 discard (simp)罢 finish (simp)孟 Mencius昷 to feed a prisoner盂 cup盃 trophy (trad)盅 small cup or bowl盆 basin
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
盍
Regular
Modern
Chinese
盍 [hé]
why not
Example Sentences