Chinese surname · rank 284
盖
盖 is read as g.
g
Simplified 盖 · Traditional 蓋
cover, hide, protect
Earth
Time: Spring-and-Autumn and Warring-States Qi Gaiyi layer, Western Han Jiaoxi and Wei commandery figure layer, Eastern Han Yuyang and Dunhuang layer, Northern Wei Lushui Hu Gaila/Gai Wu layer, Western Wei Di Gai Nao layer, Tang Jizhou/Xindu and Weizhou lineages, Song Qinghai rare distribution layer, and Ming Zhejiang-Hebei distribution layer; Eastern Han textual layer, 25-220 CE
Place: Qi Gaiyi around today's Yishui, Shandong; Jiaoxi; Wei commandery around Linzhang, Hebei; Yuyang/Yaoyang around Beijing Pinggu; Dunhuang Guangzhi around Anxi/Gansu; Beidi Niyang around Yaozhou and Fuping, Shaanxi; Nan Qinzhou around southwest Xihe, Gansu; Jizhou Xindu around Hengshui, Hebei; Weizhou/Lingqiu, Shanxi; Qinghai, Zhejiang, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Shandong, Shaanxi, Jilin, and Liaoning contexts
Origin note
Gai/Ge is entered here under the character ; major surname references often give the surname reading as g, while other traditions record gi or gu, so the page treats pronunciation cautiously. The main source-backed origin is place-name based: Qi had a place called Gaiyi, often placed around today's Yishui area in Shandong, and descendants connected with the fief or locality used Gai/Ge as a surname. A second layer is changed-surname history: 23mofang records Western Qiang or Lushui Hu Gaila people changing to Gai, with Northern Wei figure Gai Wu as a representative; other sources also mention compound or ethnic names such as Gailou in later simplification traditions. The surname is well attested by Han and later figures: Western Han Jiaoxi had Gai Gong, Han Xuan-era official Gai Kuanrao came from Wei commandery, Eastern Han Yuyang produced the general Gai Yan, Dunhuang produced late-Han general Gai Xun, and Tang Jizhou Xindu produced scholar-officials such as Gai Wenda and Gai Wenyi. The page keeps Qi place-name, Lushui Hu/Gaila, and later regional lineages separate.
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