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Chinese symbol for “recessed”

隐藏
yǐn cáng
Traditional: 隱藏
to hide; to conceal; to mask; to shelter

The closest CC-CEDICT match for recessed is 隐藏 (yǐn cáng), defined as: to hide; to conceal; to mask; to shelter; to harbor (i.e. keep sth hidden); to hide oneself.

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

隐 yǐn
to hide, to conceal; secret, hidden
radical 170 ⾩ · 11 strokes
藏 cáng
to conceal, to hide; to hoard, to store
radical 140 ⾋ · 18 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “recessed”

WordPinyinMeaning
凹入āo rùrecessed; concave
凹进 (凹進)āo jìnconcave; recessed

Related words

Other words that share a character with 隐藏.

WordPinyinMeaning
隐私 (隱私)yǐn sīsecrets; private business
隐瞒 (隱瞞)yǐn mánto conceal; to hide (a taboo subject)
隐形 (隱形)yǐn xínginvisible
隐患 (隱患)yǐn huàna danger concealed within sth; hidden damage
隐蔽 (隱蔽)yǐn bìto conceal; to hide
收藏shōu cángto collect (works of art, dolls, antiques etc); to put away for safekeeping; (Internet) to bookmark; a collection
宝藏 (寶藏)bǎo zàngprecious mineral deposits; hidden treasure
藏书 (藏書)cáng shūto collect books; library collection

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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