隱

See also: 隐 and 隠

隱 U+96B1, 隱 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-96B1 ← 隰 [U+96B0] CJK Unified Ideographs 隲 → [U+96B2]

Translingual

Traditional	隱
Shinjitai	隠
Simplified	隐

Han character

隱 (radical 170, 阜+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 弓中月一心 (NLBMP), four-corner 7223₇, composition ⿰阝㥯)

Descendants

• 𛀖

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
variant forms		隠

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (隱) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
隱	*qɯnʔ, *qɯns
櫽	*qɯnʔ
嶾	*qɯnʔ
癮	*qɯn
懚	*qɯns
檼	*qɯns
穩	*qʷɯːnʔ

Shuowen: Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qɯnʔ, *qɯns): semantic 阜 + phonetic 㥯.

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐn (yin³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yún
• Min Bei (KCR): ǐng / ěng
• Min Dong (BUC): ṳ̄ng
• Min Nan (POJ): ún / ín
• Wu (Wiktionary): in (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yǐn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˇ
    • Wade–Giles: yin³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yyin
    • IPA ^(key): /in²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan²
    • Yale: yán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen²
    • IPA ^(key): /jɐn³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yún
    • Hakka Romanization System: iun`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yun<sup>3</sup>
    • IPA: /i̯un³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yún
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iun`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yun³
    • IPA: /(j)i̯un³¹/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ǐng / ěng
    • IPA ^(key): /iŋ²¹/, /eiŋ²¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ṳ̄ng
    • IPA ^(key): /yŋ³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ún
    • Tâi-lô: ún
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uon
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /un⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /un⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /un⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ín
    • Tâi-lô: ín
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ien
    • IPA (Taipei, Zhangzhou): /in⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /in⁴¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: in (T2)
    • IPA ^(key): /ɪɲ³⁴/

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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/▼

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

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ʔ](r)ə[n]ʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qɯnʔ/

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

Definitions

隱

1. to hide; to cover; to shield
2. to conceal; to cover up
3. hidden; concealed
4. profound; subtle; delicate
5. facts one wish to hide; feelings or troubles one wishes to keep to oneself; secret
6. secretly; inwardly

Compounds

Derived terms from 隱

• 中隱／中隐
• 匿跡隱形／匿迹隐形
• 南山隱豹／南山隐豹
• 坐隱／坐隐
• 大隱朝市／大隐朝市
• 子為父隱／子为父隐
• 屏隱／屏隐
• 市隱／市隐
• 忽隱忽現／忽隐忽现
• 恤隱／恤隐
• 惻隱／恻隐 (cèyǐn)
• 惻隱之心／恻隐之心
• 招隱／招隐
• 探奧索隱／探奥索隐
• 探幽索隱／探幽索隐
• 探賾索隱／探賾索隐
• 摘伏發隱／摘伏发隐
• 時隱時見／时隐时见
• 曲隱／曲隐
• 有犯無隱／有犯无隐
• 朝隱／朝隐
• 樵隱／樵隐
• 欺隱／欺隐
• 歸隱／归隐
• 比顯興隱／比显兴隐
• 民隱／民隐
• 泥中隱刺／泥中隐刺
• 潛山隱市／潜山隐市
• 潛蹤隱跡／潜踪隐迹
• 潯陽三隱／浔阳三隐
• 父為子隱／父为子隐
• 發奸摘隱／发奸摘隐
• 發隱擿伏／发隐擿伏
• 直言無隱／直言无隐
• 禍起隱微／祸起隐微
• 素隱行怪／素隐行怪
• 索隱／索隐
• 索隱行怪／索隐行怪
• 羅隱題破／罗隐题破
• 花遮柳隱／花遮柳隐
• 見賢不隱／见贤不隐
• 訇隱／訇隐
• 豹隱／豹隐

• 退隱／退隐
• 鉤隱抉微／钩隐抉微
• 隱不違親／隐不违亲
• 隱介藏形／隐介藏形
• 隱伏／隐伏
• 隱佔／隐占
• 隱匿／隐匿 (yǐnnì)
• 隱名合夥／隐名合伙
• 隱君子／隐君子 (yǐnjūnzǐ)
• 隱含／隐含
• 隱喻／隐喻 (yǐnyù)
• 隱囊／隐囊
• 隱士／隐士 (yǐnshì)
• 隱天蔽日／隐天蔽日
• 隱姓埋名／隐姓埋名
• 隱宮／隐宫
• 隱密／隐密 (yǐnmì)
• 隱居／隐居 (yǐnjū)
• 隱度／隐度
• 隱形／隐形 (yǐnxíng)
• 隱形塗料／隐形涂料
• 隱形眼鏡／隐形眼镜 (yǐnxíng yǎnjìng)
• 隱微／隐微
• 隱忍／隐忍 (yǐnrěn)
• 隱性／隐性 (yǐnxìng)
• 隱性傳染／隐性传染
• 隱患／隐患 (yǐnhuàn)
• 隱情／隐情 (yǐnqíng)
• 隱惡揚善／隐恶扬善
• 隱惻／隐恻
• 隱慝／隐慝
• 隱憂／隐忧
• 隱戮／隐戮
• 隱括／隐括
• 隱文／隐文
• 隱晦／隐晦 (yǐnhuì)
• 隱比／隐比
• 隱沒／隐没 (yǐnmò)
• 隱淪／隐沦
• 隱然／隐然
• 隱現／隐现
• 隱生元／隐生元
• 隱疾／隐疾

• 隱痛／隐痛 (yǐntòng)
• 隱盜／隐盗
• 隱睪症／隐睾症
• 隱瞞／隐瞒 (yǐnmán)
• 隱祕／隐祕
• 隱秀／隐秀
• 隱私／隐私 (yǐnsī)
• 隱私權／隐私权 (yǐnsīquán)
• 隱約／隐约 (yǐnyuē)
• 隱約其辭／隐约其辞
• 隱者／隐者
• 隱聽／隐听
• 隱花植物／隐花植物
• 隱若敵國／隐若敌国
• 隱荵／隐荵
• 隱蔽／隐蔽 (yǐnbì)
• 隱藏／隐藏 (yǐncáng)
• 隱血／隐血 (yǐnxuè)
• 隱衷／隐衷 (yǐnzhōng)
• 隱親／隐亲
• 隱語／隐语 (yǐnyǔ)
• 隱諱／隐讳 (yǐnhuì)
• 隱賑／隐赈
• 隱跡埋名／隐迹埋名
• 隱跡藏名／隐迹藏名
• 隱身／隐身 (yǐnshēn)
• 隱身草兒／隐身草儿
• 隱身術／隐身术
• 隱轔／隐辚
• 隱退／隐退 (yǐntuì)
• 隱逸／隐逸
• 隱遁／隐遁
• 隱間／隐间
• 隱閔／隐闵
• 隱隱／隐隐 (yǐnyǐn)
• 隱隱約約／隐隐约约
• 隱頭花序／隐头花序
• 隱顯墨水／隐显墨水
• 難言之隱／难言之隐 (nányánzhīyǐn)
• 靈隱山／灵隐山
• 韜光隱跡／韬光隐迹
• 魯隱公／鲁隐公

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìn (yin⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yìn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˋ
    • Wade–Giles: yin⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yinn
    • IPA ^(key): /in⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʔɨn^H/▼

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

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ʔ](r)ə[n]ʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qɯns/

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

Definitions

隱

1. ^† to lean upon

Compounds

Derived terms from 隱

• 隱几／隐几

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Japanese

Shinjitai	隠
Kyūjitai	隱

Kanji

隱

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

1. to hide, conceal
2. hidden, concealment

Readings

• On (unclassified): 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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