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Chinese symbol for “tuck”

掖
yē
to tuck (into a pocket); to hide; to conceal

The closest CC-CEDICT match for tuck is 掖 (yē), defined as: to tuck (into a pocket); to hide; to conceal.

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

掖 yē
to tuck, to fold; to support
radical 64 ⼿ · 11 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 掖.

WordPinyinMeaning
奖掖 (獎掖)jiǎng yèto reward and promote
宫掖 (宮掖)gōng yèpalace apartments
扶掖fú yèto support; to help
掖咕yē guto toss aside; to misplace
掖垣yè yuánsidewalls of a palace
掖庭yè tíngLateral Courts in the imperial palace (housing concubines and administrative offices)

See also: Japanese symbol for “tuck”.

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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