掩

Translingual

Han character

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

1. to cover (with the hand)
2. shut, conceal
3. ambush

References

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

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Cantonese

Hanzi

掩 (Jyutping am2, jim2, Yale am2, yim2)

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Japanese

Kanji

掩

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: えん (en)
• Kun: おおう (oou)

Compounds

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

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

掩 (Pinyin yǎn (yan3), Wade-Giles yen³)

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Vietnamese

Han character

掩 (ém)

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