Chinese symbol for “conceal”
藏
cáng
to conceal; to hide away; to harbor; to store
The closest CC-CEDICT match for conceal is 藏 (cáng), defined as: to conceal; to hide away; to harbor; to store; to collect.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “conceal”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 掩盖 (掩蓋) | yǎn gài | to conceal; to hide behind |
| 隐瞒 (隱瞞) | yǐn mán | to conceal; to hide (a taboo subject) |
| 隐蔽 (隱蔽) | yǐn bì | to conceal; to hide |
| 昧 | mèi | to conceal; dark |
| 盖 (蓋) | gài | lid; top |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 藏.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 隐藏 (隱藏) | yǐn cáng | to hide; to conceal |
| 收藏 | shōu cáng | to collect (works of art, dolls, antiques etc); to put away for safekeeping; (Internet) to bookmark; a collection |
| 宝藏 (寶藏) | bǎo zàng | precious mineral deposits; hidden treasure |
| 藏书 (藏書) | cáng shū | to collect books; library collection |
| 蕴藏 (蘊藏) | yùn cáng | to hold in store; to contain (untapped reserves etc) |
| 珍藏 | zhēn cáng | a collection of rare and valuable items; to collect (such items) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “conceal”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.