掩

掩 U+63A9, 掩 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-63A9 ← 推 [U+63A8] CJK Unified Ideographs 措 → [U+63AA]

掩 U+2F8C1, 掩 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F8C1 ← 揅 [U+2F8C0] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 㨮 → [U+2F8C2]

Translingual

Han character

掩 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手大中山 (QKLU), four-corner 5401₆, composition ⿰扌奄)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 439, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12285
• Dae Jaweon: page 790, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1893, character 5
• Unihan data for U+63A9

• Unihan data for U+2F8C1

Chinese

trad.		掩
simp. #		掩

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (奄) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
庵	*qoːm, *qoːb
鵪	*qoːm
菴	*qoːm, *qrom
馣	*qoːm
晻	*qoːmʔ, *qromʔ
唵	*qoːmʔ
黤	*qoːmʔ, *qraːmʔ
埯	*qaːmʔ, *qomʔ
淹	*qroːm, *qrom, *qom, *qoms
閹	*qrom, *qromʔ
崦	*qrom
醃	*qrom, *qom
掩	*qromʔ
奄	*qromʔ
罨	*qromʔ, *qoːb, *qob
裺	*qromʔ, *qoms
俺	*qromʔ, *qoms
腌	*qom, *qrob, *qob
殗	*qob
餣	*qob

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qromʔ): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 奄 (OC *qromʔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎn (yan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jim²
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): am / om / ng / iám

  (Teochew, Peng'im): iam² / iang²

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Shanghainese): ⁵i

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎn
    • Wade–Giles: yen³
    • Yale: yǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yean
    • Palladius: янь (janʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jim²
    • Yale: yím
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jim²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yim²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: am / om / ng / iám
    • Tâi-lô: am / om / ng / iám
    • Phofsit Daibuun: afm, ofm, ngf, iarm
    • IPA (Xiamen): /am⁴⁴/, /ɔm⁴⁴/, /ŋ̍⁴⁴/, /iam⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /am³³/, /ɔm³³/, /ŋ̍³³/, /iam⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /am⁴⁴/, /ɔm⁴⁴/, /ŋ̍⁴⁴/, /iam⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /am⁴⁴/, /ɔm⁴⁴/, /ŋ̍⁴⁴/, /iam⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /am⁴⁴/, /ɔm⁴⁴/, /ŋ̍⁴⁴/, /iam⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: iam² / iang²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iám / iáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iam⁵²/, /iaŋ⁵²/

Note: iang2 - Chenghai.

• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wugniu: ⁵i
    • Wiktionary Romanisation: ²i
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jemX

Rime
Character	掩
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	鹽 (154)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	衣儉切
Baxter	'jemX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠiᴇmX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚiɛmX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiæmX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔjiamX/
Li Rong	/ʔjɛmX/
Wang Li	/ĭɛmX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔi̯ɛmX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jim2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qromʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	掩
Reading #	1/1
No.	14343
Phonetic component	奄
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	奄
Old Chinese	/*qromʔ/

Definitions

掩

1. to cover
2. to hide; to conceal; to cover up
3. to close; to shut

   • 秋燈掩卷懷千古 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     秋灯掩卷怀千古 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1910, 黃玹 (Hwang Hyeon), 《絶命詩》 (Poem on ending one's life), 《梅泉集》

     qiū dēng yǎn juǎn huái qiāngǔ [Pinyin]

     [Under] the autumn lamp, [I] shut my book and think to the ages past

4. (Cantonese) to close partially

   掩埋度門／掩埋度门 [Cantonese]  ―  jim² maai⁴ dou⁶ mun⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  to close the door partially

5. (colloquial) to get pinched; to get caught
6. (literary, or in compounds) to ambush

Synonyms

• (to cover):

• 掩蔽 (yǎnbì) (usually military)
• 擋／挡
• 蒙上 (méngshàng)
• 蔽障 (bìzhàng)
• 被覆 (bèifù)
• 遮蓋／遮盖 (zhēgài)
• 遮蔽 (zhēbì)
• 障蔽 (zhàngbì)

 

• (to hide):

• 埋葬 (máizàng) (literary, figurative)
• 掩蓋／掩盖 (yǎngài) (figurative)
• 掩藏 (yǎncáng)
• 掩飾／掩饰 (yǎnshì)
• 文飾／文饰 (literary)
• 藏掖 (cángyē)
• 遮 (literary, or in compounds)
• 遮掩 (zhēyǎn)
• 遮蓋／遮盖 (zhēgài)
• 隱匿／隐匿 (yǐnnì)
• 隱瞞／隐瞒 (yǐnmán)

 

Compounds

• 兩葉掩目／两叶掩目
• 半掩半開／半掩半开
• 半開半掩／半开半掩
• 打掩護／打掩护 (dǎyǎnhù)
• 抉瑕掩瑜
• 掩不住
• 掩人耳目 (yǎnrén'ěrmù)
• 掩住
• 掩入
• 掩其不備／掩其不备
• 掩其無備／掩其无备
• 掩卷
• 掩口
• 掩口盧胡／掩口卢胡
• 掩口胡盧／掩口胡卢
• 掩咯雞／掩咯鸡
• 掩埋 (yǎnmái)
• 掩埋場／掩埋场
• 掩惡揚善／掩恶扬善
• 掩惡溢美／掩恶溢美
• 掩抑
• 掩旗息鼓
• 掩映
• 掩星
• 掩映生姿
• 掩殺／掩杀 (yǎnshā)
• 掩沒／掩没
• 掩泣
• 掩涕
• 掩淚／掩泪
• 掩瑕藏疾
• 掩目捕雀 (yǎnmùbǔquè)
• 掩瞞／掩瞒
• 掩罪藏惡／掩罪藏恶
• 掩罪飾非／掩罪饰非
• 掩耳
• 掩耳偷鈴／掩耳偷铃
• 掩耳盜鈴／掩耳盗铃 (yǎn'ěrdàolíng)
• 掩耳盜鐘／掩耳盗钟
• 掩耳而走
• 掩蓋／掩盖 (yǎngài)
• 掩蔽 (yǎnbì)
• 掩蔽部 (yǎnbìbù)
• 掩藏 (yǎncáng)
• 掩袖
• 掩襲／掩袭 (yǎnxí)
• 掩護／掩护 (yǎnhù)
• 掩護射擊／掩护射击
• 掩護部隊／掩护部队
• 掩賢妒善／掩贤妒善
• 掩門／掩门
• 掩閉／掩闭 (yǎnbì)
• 掩雀捕蟬／掩雀捕蝉
• 掩面 (yǎnmiàn)
• 掩面失色
• 掩飾／掩饰 (yǎnshì)
• 掩骼埋胔
• 掩體／掩体 (yǎntǐ)
• 掩鼻
• 掩鼻偷香
• 掩鼻而過／掩鼻而过
• 掩鼻蹙頞／掩鼻蹙𱂨
• 撲掩／扑掩
• 敷掩
• 東掩西遮／东掩西遮
• 東遮西掩／东遮西掩
• 毫不掩飾／毫不掩饰
• 水來土掩／水来土掩
• 瑜不掩瑕
• 瑕不掩瑜 (xiábùyǎnyú)
• 盜鈴掩耳／盗铃掩耳
• 盜鐘掩耳／盗钟掩耳
• 竊鐘掩耳／窃钟掩耳
• 胡撲掩／胡扑掩
• 花遮柳掩
• 藏掩
• 虛掩／虚掩 (xūyǎn)
• 衛生掩埋／卫生掩埋
• 遮前掩後／遮前掩后
• 遮掩 (zhēyǎn)
• 遮遮掩掩 (zhēzhēyǎnyǎn)
• 難掩／难掩

 

Japanese

Kanji

掩

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. cover
2. conceal

Readings

• On (unclassified): えん (en)
• Kun: おおう (ōu, 掩う)

Compounds

• 掩蔽(えんぺい) (enpei): concealment, masking, cloaking

Korean

Hanja

掩 • (eom) (hangeul 엄, revised eom, McCune–Reischauer ŏm, Yale em)

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Vietnamese

Han character

掩: Hán Nôm readings: ém

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