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Chinese symbol for “covered”

掩藏
yǎn cáng
hidden; covered; concealed

The closest CC-CEDICT match for covered is 掩藏 (yǎn cáng), defined as: hidden; covered; concealed.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

掩 yǎn
to cover up (with a hand); to ambush, to conceal; to shut
radical 64 ⼿ · 11 strokes
藏 cáng
to conceal, to hide; to hoard, to store
radical 140 ⾋ · 18 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 掩藏.

WordPinyinMeaning
掩盖 (掩蓋)yǎn gàito conceal; to hide behind
掩饰 (掩飾)yǎn shìto cover up; to conceal
掩护 (掩護)yǎn hùto screen; to shield
掩埋yǎn máito bury
遮掩zhē yǎnto cover; to mask
掩体 (掩體)yǎn tǐbunker (military)
隐藏 (隱藏)yǐn cángto hide; to conceal
收藏shōu cángto collect (works of art, dolls, antiques etc); to put away for safekeeping; (Internet) to bookmark; a collection

See also: Japanese symbol for “covered”.

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.

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