掩

掩 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手大中山 (QKLU), four-corner 5401₆, composition ⿰扌奄)

• 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

• Unihan data for U+2F8C1

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

掩

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

   • 秋燈掩卷懷千古 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     秋灯掩卷怀千古 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1910, 黃玹 (Hwang Hyeon), 《絶命詩》 (Poem on ending one's life), 《梅泉集》

     qiū dēng yǎn juǎn huái qiāngǔ

     the autumn lamp, shut my book and think to the ages past

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

• (to cover):

• (to hide):

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

Potentially from 匽 (MC 'jonX). Compare also e.g. Suzhounese 迓 (³ia, “to hide oneself; to avoid (people); to run from (responsibilities etc)”) and Ningbonese 幽 (⁵ieu, “to hide oneself”).

掩

1. (Sujiahu Wu) to hide (oneself)
2. (Sujiahu Wu) to hide away oneself; to avoid (someone); to shy away from

• (to hide oneself):

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. cover
2. conceal

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

• 掩蔽(えんぺい) (enpei): concealment, masking, cloaking

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

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掩: Hán Nôm readings: ém

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