Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

隠: conceal, hide

Also: cover

JLPT N114 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

⻖ carries the meaning · 㥯 gives the sound

14 strokes
  • Small seal · Qin
  • Today

Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Four readings, and the words that use each

インin · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 隠滅いんめつdestruction (esp. of evidence); spoliation

かくすkakusu · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 隠すかくすto hide; to conceal
  • 何を隠そうなにをかくそうto be frank with you; to tell you the truth

かくしkakushi · kun'yomi

  • 隠し引き出しかくしひきだしsecret drawer; hidden drawer

かくれるkakureru · kun'yomi

  • 隠れるかくれるto hide; to conceal oneself; to take cover
  • 見え隠れみえかくれappearing and disappearing

Also read オン, よる, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Climb high! This radical represents the natural landscape of mounds, hills, and the protective physical barriers they provide for human settlements.”
More in the 阝 hill story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
⻖

Also built on hill (⻖)

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㥯

Also built on 㥯

隠 takes the 㥯 family's reading, オン (on).

Also read イン

15 kanji share this on'yomiAll 15

Also read オン

9 kanji share this on'yomi
In ChineseSimplified 隐 · traditional 隱 · yǐn

Three different forms: Japanese 隠, simplified 隐, traditional 隱.

Simplified
隐 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
隱 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin yǐn most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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