掩

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

• KangXi: 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

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 [Pinyin]

     [Under] the autumn lamp, [I] 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 [Jyutping]  ―  to close the door partially

5. (colloquial) to get pinched; to get caught
6. (literary, or in compounds) to ambush

• (to cover):

• (to hide):

(uncommon “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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