1.
pot lid; saucepan lid
The cover placed on top of a pot or saucepan during cooking. A basic kitchen item.
鍋蓋を取ってください。
Please take off the pot lid.
煮込むときは鍋蓋をして弱火にする。
When simmering, put the lid on and turn it to low heat.
鍋蓋をずらしておくと吹きこぼれを防げる。
If you offset the pot lid slightly, you can prevent boiling over.
2.
the kanji radical 亠 (lid radical)
In kanji studies, the name for the radical 亠, which appears at the top of characters like 京, 高, and 亭.
「京」の上の部分は鍋蓋という部首だ。
The top part of '京' is a radical called nabebuta.
鍋蓋は「高い」や「亭」にも使われる。
The nabebuta radical is also used in '高' and '亭.'
漢字を部首で調べるとき、鍋蓋は二画に分類される。
When looking up kanji by radical, nabebuta is classified under two strokes.
Has two distinct uses: as a common kitchen term and as the name of a kanji radical. The radical sense comes from the shape of 亠 resembling a pot lid.
FORMATION:
鍋 (pot) + 蓋 (lid). The 蓋 becomes ぶた through rendaku (sequential voicing).
COMMON COLLOCATIONS (COOKING):
- 鍋蓋をする: to put on the pot lid
- 鍋蓋を取る: to remove the pot lid
- 鍋蓋をずらす: to shift the lid slightly
- ガラス製の鍋蓋: glass pot lid
RELATED COOKING TERMS:
- 落とし蓋: drop lid — a smaller lid placed directly on food while simmering
- 蓋: lid (general term)
- 鍋: pot, pan