掩 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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yǎn

to cover (with the hand)

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 奄 represents the sound.

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu

hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

奄 Sound component

yǎn, yān

ere long

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

yǎn

to cover (with the hand); shut, conceal; ambush; to cover up; to close; to surprise

Most common words with 掩

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 23.1299% of movies

1426th most common character in movies

1514th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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