隱

See also: 隐

Translingual

Traditional	隱
Shinjitai	隠
Simplified	隐

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qɯnʔ, *qɯns): 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 ⿰阝㥯)

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

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
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uon
    • IPA (Taipei): /un⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /un⁵³/

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• Dialectal data▼

Variety	Location	edit 隱
Mandarin	Beijing	/in²¹⁴/
	Harbin	/in²¹³/
	Tianjin	/in¹³/
	Jinan	/iẽ⁵⁵/
	Qingdao	/iə̃⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/in⁵³/
	Xi'an	/iẽ⁵³/
	Xining	/iə̃⁵³/
	Yinchuan	/iŋ⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/ĩn⁴⁴²/
	Ürümqi	/iŋ⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/in⁴²/
	Chengdu	/in⁵³/
	Guiyang	/in⁴²/ /ŋen⁴²/
	Kunming	/ĩ/
	Nanjing	/in²¹²/
	Hefei	/in²⁴/
Jin	Taiyuan	/iəŋ⁵³/
	Pingyao	/iŋ⁵³/
	Hohhot	/ĩŋ⁵³/
Wu	Shanghai	/iŋ²³/
	Suzhou	/in⁵¹/
	Hangzhou	/ʔin⁵³/
	Wenzhou	/j̠aŋ³⁵/
Hui	Shexian	/iʌ̃³⁵/
	Tunxi	/in³¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/in⁴¹/
	Xiangtan	/in²¹/
Gan	Nanchang	/in²¹³/
Hakka	Meixian	/iun³¹/
	Taoyuan	/ʒuŋ³¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/jɐn³⁵/
	Nanning	/jɐn³⁵/
	Hong Kong	/jɐn³⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/un⁵³/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/yŋ³²/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/iŋ²¹/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/ɯŋ⁵³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/un²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʔɨn^X/, /ʔɨn^H/▼

Rime
Character	隱	隱
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	欣 (57)	欣 (57)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	於謹切	於靳切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɨnX/	/ʔɨnH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɨnX/	/ʔɨnH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiənX/	/ʔiənH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔɨnX/	/ʔɨnH/
Li Rong	/ʔiənX/	/ʔiənH/
Wang Li	/ĭənX/	/ĭənH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔi̯ənX/	/ʔi̯ənH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǐn	yìn

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*[ʔ](r)ə[n]ʔ/, /*ʔ(r)ə[r]ʔ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qɯnʔ/, /*qɯns/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	隱	隱	隱
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yǐn	yǐn	yìn
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔjɨnX ›	‹ ʔjɨnX ›	‹ ʔjɨnH ›
Old Chinese	/*[ʔ](r)ə[n]ʔ/	/*[ʔ](r)ə[n]ʔ/	/*ʔ(r)ə[r]ʔ-s/
English	grieved; suffering	conceal	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	隱	隱
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	15314	15319
Phonetic component	隱	隱
Rime group	文	文
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	隱	㒚
Old Chinese	/*qɯnʔ/	/*qɯns/

Definitions

隱

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Compounds

• 隱身／隐身 (yǐnjuān): stealth
• 隱形／隐形 (yǐnxíng): stealth
• 隱語／隐语 (yǐnhuà)
• 隱形眼鏡／隐形眼镜 (yǐnxíng yǎnjìng)

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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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