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.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 掩藏.
| 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) |
| 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 |
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.