Chinese symbol for “veiled”

含蓄

hán xù

to contain; to hold; (of a person or style etc) reserved; restrained

The closest CC-CEDICT match for veiled is 含蓄 (hán xù), defined as: to contain; to hold; (of a person or style etc) reserved; restrained; (of words, writings) full of hidden meaning; implicit.

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Characters and stroke order

含 hán

to hold in the mouth; to contain; to cherish

radical 30 ⼝ · 7 strokes

蓄 xù

to store, to save, to hoard, to gather

radical 140 ⾋ · 13 strokes

Other Chinese words for “veiled”

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
隐晦 (隱晦)	yǐn huì	vague; ambiguous
昧没 (昧沒)	mèi mò	veiled; obscure

Related words

Other words that share a character with 含蓄.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
包含	bāo hán	to contain; to embody
含有	hán yǒu	to contain; including
含义 (含義)	hán yì	meaning (implicit in a phrase); implied meaning
含量	hán liàng	content; quantity contained
富含	fù hán	to contain in great quantities; rich in
内含 (內含)	nèi hán	to contain; to include
储蓄 (儲蓄)	chǔ xù	to save money (in a bank); savings
蓄意	xù yì	deliberate; premeditated

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.