掩

掩	U+63A9, 掩 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-63A9

掩	U+2F8C1, 掩 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F8C1

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[U+2F8C0]

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[U+2F8C2]

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

Unihan data for U+2F8C1

Chinese

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).

Etymology 1

trad.		掩
simp. ^#		掩

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǎn (yan³)

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jim²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): am / om / ng / iám

(Teochew, Peng'im): iam² / iang²
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁵i / ³ie

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǎn
  - Wade–Giles: yen³
  - Yale: yǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yean
  - Palladius: янь (janʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jim²
  - Yale: yím
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jim²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yim²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: am / om / ng / iám
  - Tâi-lô: am / om / ng / iám
  - Phofsit Daibuun: afm, ofm, ngf, iarm
  - IPA (Xiamen): /am⁴⁴/, /ɔm⁴⁴/, /ŋ̍⁴⁴/, /iam⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /am³³/, /ɔm³³/, /ŋ̍³³/, /iam⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /am⁴⁴/, /ɔm⁴⁴/, /ŋ̍⁴⁴/, /iam⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /am⁴⁴/, /ɔm⁴⁴/, /ŋ̍⁴⁴/, /iam⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /am⁴⁴/, /ɔm⁴⁴/, /ŋ̍⁴⁴/, /iam⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: iam² / iang²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iám / iáng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iam⁵²/, /iaŋ⁵²/

Note: iang2 - Chenghai.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵i
  - MiniDict: i^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²i
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /i³⁴/
- (Northern: Suzhou, Haining)
  - Wugniu: ³ie
  - MiniDict: ie^上
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /ɪ⁵¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Haining): /ie⁵³/

Middle Chinese: 'jemX

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	/ʔˠiᴇm^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚiɛm^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiæm^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔjiam^X/
Li Rong	/ʔjɛm^X/
Wang Li	/ĭɛm^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔi̯ɛm^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jim²

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qromʔ/

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

to cover
to hide; to conceal; to cover up
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 [Pinyin]
  [Under] the autumn lamp, [I] shut my book and think to the ages past
(Cantonese) to close partially
掩埋度門／掩埋度门 [Cantonese] ― jim² maai⁴ dou⁶ mun⁴ [Jyutping] ― to close the door partially
(colloquial) to get pinched; to get caught
(literary, or in compounds) to ambush

Synonyms

(to cover):

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掩蔽 (yǎnbì) (usually military)
擋／挡
蒙上 (méngshàng)
蔽障 (bìzhàng)
被覆 (bèifù)
遮蓋／遮盖 (zhēgài)
遮蔽 (zhēbì)
障蔽 (zhàngbì)

(to hide):

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埋葬 (máizàng) (literary, figurative)
掩蓋／掩盖 (yǎngài) (figurative)
掩藏 (yǎncáng)
掩飾／掩饰 (yǎnshì)
文飾／文饰 (literary)
藏掖 (cángyē)
遮 (literary, or in compounds)
遮掩 (zhēyǎn)
遮蓋／遮盖 (zhēgài)
隱匿／隐匿 (yǐnnì)
隱瞞／隐瞒 (yǐnmán)

Compounds

Descendants

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

Etymology 2

trad.		掩
simp. ^#		掩
alternative forms		匽

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”).

Pronunciation

Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ³ie

Wu
- (Northern: Suzhou, Haining)
  - Wugniu: ³ie
  - MiniDict: ie^上
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /ɪ⁵¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Haining): /ie⁵³/

Definitions

掩

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

Synonyms

(to hide oneself):

Dialectal synonyms of 躲 (“to hide”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		躲藏, 藏躲, 躲
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	藏, 貓
	Taiwan	躲, 藏
	Singapore	躲
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	藏
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	藏, 卻
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	藏, 躲
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	躲
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	躲
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	藏
Cantonese	Guangzhou	匿, 匿埋
	Hong Kong	匿, 匿埋
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	摒
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	摒埋
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	摒
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	摒
	Macau	匿埋
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	匿埋
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	摒埋
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	匿埋
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	揞埋
	Foshan	匿埋
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	匿埋
	Foshan (Shunde)	匿埋
	Foshan (Sanshui)	匿埋
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	匿埋
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	匿埋
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	揞埋
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	匿埋
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	匿埋
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	摒埋
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	匿埋, 摒埋
	Taishan	匿
	Kaiping (Chikan)	匿
	Enping (Niujiang)	匿
	Heshan (Yayao)	匿埋
	Dongguan	求埋
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	匿埋
	Yangjiang	餌, 伏
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	匿埋
Gan	Nanchang	躲
Hakka	Meixian	摒
	Hong Kong	摒
	Senai (Huiyang)	摒
Jin	Taiyuan	躲
Northern Min	Jian'ou	儲
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	屈, 覭
Southern Min	Xiamen	覕, 囥
	Quanzhou	覕, 囥
	Zhangzhou	覕, 踮
	Taipei	覕
	Kaohsiung	覕
	Yilan	覕
	Changhua (Lukang)	覕
	Taichung	覕
	Tainan	覕
	Kinmen	覕
	Penghu (Magong)	覕
	Singapore (Hokkien)	覕
	Manila (Hokkien)	覕
	Datian	逃
	Chaozhou	踮, 覕
	Shantou	踮, 覕
	Jieyang	踮, 覕
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	踮
	Wenchang	逃
	Haikou	逃
Wu	Shanghai	囥, 𨒃, 迓
	Suzhou	𨒃, 匽, 迓
	Wuxi	迓
	Ningbo	幽
	Wenzhou	埋, 縮, 躲
	Jinhua	幽
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	幽
Xiang	Changsha	躲
Xiang	Shuangfeng	躲

Japanese

Kanji

掩

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

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

Compounds

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

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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