掩

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

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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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎn (yan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jim²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): am / iám

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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/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: am / iám
    • Tâi-lô: am / iám
    • Phofsit Daibuun: afm, iarm
    • IPA (Xiamen): /am⁴⁴/, /iam⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /am³³/, /iam⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /am⁴⁴/, /iam⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /am⁴⁴/, /iam⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /am⁴⁴/, /iam⁴¹/

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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

(deprecated template usage) 掩

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

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Japanese

Kanji

掩

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. cover
2. conceal

Readings

• On (unclassified): 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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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 掩 (ém)

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