掖 — Chinese character
掖
yē
to tuck, to fold; to support
- Pinyin
- yē
- Radical
- 64 ⼿ (Hand)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 扌 夜
- Formation
- pictophonetic — hand; meaning component 扌; sound component 夜
- Japanese
- 掖 as a kanji
Common words with 掖
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 奖掖 (獎掖) | jiǎng yè | to reward and promote |
| 宫掖 (宮掖) | gōng yè | palace apartments |
| 扶掖 | fú yè | to support; to help |
| 掖咕 | yē gu | to toss aside; to misplace |
| 掖垣 | yè yuán | sidewalls of a palace |
| 掖庭 | yè tíng | Lateral Courts in the imperial palace (housing concubines and administrative offices) |
| 掖掖盖盖 (掖掖蓋蓋) | yē yē gài gài | stealthily; clandestinely |
| 掖门 (掖門) | yè mén | small side door of a palace |
| 提掖 | tí yè | to recommend sb for a promotion; to guide and support sb |
| 藏掖 | cáng yē | to try to cover up; hiding place |
| 藏藏掖掖 | cáng cáng yē yē | to conceal |
| 诱掖 (誘掖) | yòu yè | to help and encourage |
English words written with 掖
掖 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 1
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.