掩

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掩 U+63A9, 掩
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-63A9
← 推
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 措 →
掩 U+2F8C1, 掩
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F8C1
← 揅
 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 㨮 →

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

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qromʔ) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 奄 (OC *qromʔ).

Pronunciation

Note: iang2 - Chenghai.
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
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

掩

  1. to cover
  2. to hide; to conceal; to cover up
  3. to close; to shut
  4. (Cantonese) to close partially
    掩埋度門／掩埋度门 [Cantonese]  ―  jim2 maai4 dou6 mun4   ―  to close the door partially
  5. (colloquial) to get pinched; to get caught
  6. (literary, or in compounds) to ambush

Synonyms

  • (to cover):
  • (to hide):

Compounds

Descendants

  • → Khmer: អៀម (ʼiəm)
  • → Thai: เอี๊ยม (íiam)
  • →? Vietnamese: yếm

Japanese

Kanji

掩

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. cover
  2. conceal

Readings

  • On (unclassified): えん (en)
  • Kun: おおう (ōu, 掩う)

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

掩 • (eom) (hangeul 엄, revised eom, McCune–Reischauer ŏm, Yale em)

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Vietnamese

Han character

掩: Hán Nôm readings: ém

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