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隐

yǐn, yìn

hide

Simplified form of 隱. Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 㥯 represents the sound.

Components
阝 meaning component

阝  Meaning component

fù

  

hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

急 simplified component

急  Simplified component

jí

  

urgent

Shorthand for the phonetic 㥯 component in the traditional character 隱.

Evolution

隐 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
隐 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
隐 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
隐 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

隐 (隱) 

yǐn

hide, conceal; hidden, secret; secret; hidden; concealed; (prefix) crypto-

隐 (隱) 

yìn

to lean upon

Most common words with 隐
Freq.
Word
Meaning

隐藏

to hide

隐瞒

to conceal

隐私

secrets

隐

secret

隐患

hidden damage

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

瘾

Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 37.2577% of movies

1070th most common character in movies

1034th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Traditional

隱

Unicode

U+9690


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