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.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “recessed”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 隐藏.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 隐私 (隱私) | yǐn sī | secrets; private business |
| 隐瞒 (隱瞞) | yǐn mán | to conceal; to hide (a taboo subject) |
| 隐形 (隱形) | yǐn xíng | invisible |
| 隐患 (隱患) | yǐn huàn | a danger concealed within sth; hidden damage |
| 隐蔽 (隱蔽) | yǐn bì | to conceal; to hide |
| 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 |
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.