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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Cantonese

Hanzi

隱 (simplified 隐, Yale yan2)

Compounds

• 隱身 (jyutping yánsān, Yale yan2san1): stealth
• 隱形 (jyutping yányìng, Yale yán2yìng4): stealth

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Japanese

Kanji

隱

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

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

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

隱 (simplified 隐, Pinyin yǐn (yin3), yìn (yin4), Wade-Giles yin³, yin⁴)

Compounds

• 隱身 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin yǐnjuān): stealth
• 隱形 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin yǐnxíng): stealth
• 隱語 (yǐn huà)
• 隱形眼鏡

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Vietnamese

Han character

隱 (ẩn, ửng, ăng, ổn)