掩 — Chinese character
掩
yǎn
to cover up (with a hand); to ambush, to conceal; to shut
- Pinyin
- yǎn
- Radical
- 64 ⼿ (Hand)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 扌 奄
- Formation
- pictophonetic — hand; meaning component 扌; sound component 奄
- Japanese
- 掩 as a kanji
Common words with 掩
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 掩盖 (掩蓋) | yǎn gài | to conceal; to hide behind |
| 掩饰 (掩飾) | yǎn shì | to cover up; to conceal |
| 掩护 (掩護) | yǎn hù | to screen; to shield |
| 掩埋 | yǎn mái | to bury |
| 遮掩 | zhē yǎn | to cover; to mask |
| 掩体 (掩體) | yǎn tǐ | bunker (military) |
| 掩蔽 | yǎn bì | shelter; screen; cover; protection |
| 掩藏 | yǎn cáng | hidden; covered |
| 遮遮掩掩 | zhē zhē yǎn yǎn | to be secretive; to try to cover up (idiom) |
| 掩人耳目 | yǎn rén ěr mù | to fool people (idiom); to pull the wool over people's eyes |
| 掩映 | yǎn yìng | hidden from view; alternately hidden and visible |
| 掩耳盗铃 (掩耳盜鈴) | yǎn ěr dào líng | lit. to cover one's ears whilst stealing a bell; to deceive oneself |
English words written with 掩
掩 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Mencius 6 · Great Learning 1 · Doctrine of the Mean 1
- Mencius 3A.5
- Mencius 4A.15
- Mencius 4B.25
- Mencius 7B.37
- The Great Learning Passage 3
- The Doctrine of the Mean Passage 16
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