隱

See also: 隐

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 阜 + phonetic 㥯

Han character

隱 (radical 170 阜+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 弓中月一心 (NLBMP), four-corner 7223₇, composition ⿰⻖⿱⿳爫工彐心)

1. hide, conceal
2. hidden, secret

References

• KangXi: page 1362, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41891
• Dae Jaweon: page 1865, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4162, character 9
• Unihan data for U+96B1

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Chinese

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trad.		隱
simp.		隐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐn, yìn (yin³, yin⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˇ, ㄧㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan²
• Min Nan (POJ): ún

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: yǐn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˇ
    • Wade-Giles: yin³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiin
    • IPA ^(key): /in²¹⁴/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: yìn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˋ
    • Wade-Giles: yin⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yinn
    • IPA ^(key): /in⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan²
    • Yale: yán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan²
    • IPA ^(key): /jɐn³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ún
    • Tâi-lô: ún
    • IPA (Taipei): /un⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /un⁵³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (隱, reconstructed)
Character (隱), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 影 (34) Final: 欣 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 於謹切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ʔɨnX/	/ʔi̯ənX/	/ʔiənX/	/ʔɨnX/	/ʔɨnX/	/ĭənX/	/ʔiənX/
Character (隱), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 影 (34) Final: 欣 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 於靳切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ʔɨnH/	/ʔi̯ənH/	/ʔiənH/	/ʔɨnH/	/ʔɨnH/	/ĭənH/	/ʔiənH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (隱, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
隱								yǐn								‹ ʔjɨnX ›								/*[ʔ](r)ə[n]ʔ/								grieved; suffering
隱								yǐn								‹ ʔjɨnX ›								/*[ʔ](r)ə[n]ʔ/								conceal
隱								yìn								‹ ʔjɨnH ›								/*ʔ(r)ə[r]ʔ-s/								lean on
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
隱					15314					隱					文					1					隱					/*qɯnʔ/
隱					15319					隱					文					1					㒚					/*qɯns/

Compounds

• 隱身 (yǐnjuān): stealth
• 隱形 (yǐnxíng): stealth
• 隱語 (yǐn huà)
• 隱形眼鏡

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Japanese

Kanji

隱

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 隠)

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Readings

• On: いん (in), おん (on)
• Kun: かくれる (kakureru)

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Korean

Hanja

隱 (eun) (hangeul 은, revised eun, McCune-Reischauer ŭn, Yale un) [숨을 은]

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Vietnamese

Han character

隱 (ẩn, ửng, ăng, ổn)

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