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Kanji Detail for 隠 - "to hide, secret, to be hidden"

隠

  • Meaning

    隠 means "to hide, secret, to be hidden."

    1. To hide - To conceal; to make invisible; to keep secret.

    2. To hide oneself - To lurk; to conceal oneself.

    3. To grieve - To pity; to worry.

    4. To lean - To rest against; to rely on.

  • Words using 隠

    • 隠し引き出し かくしひきだし Listen secret drawer; hidden drawer
    • 見え隠れ みえかくれ Listen appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view
    • 隠れる かくれる Listen to hide; to conceal oneself; to take cover
    • 何を隠そう なにをかくそう Listen to be frank with you; to tell you the truth; I'm going to lay my cards on the table

  • Four-character idioms with 隠

    • 証拠隠滅 しょうこいんめつ Listen destruction of evidence
    • 隠忍自重 いんにんじちょう Listen (behaving with) patience and prudence; putting up with something

  • Tattoo check: 隠

    • Verified meaning: to hide, secret, to be hidden
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いん, かくれ, なばり)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 隠

    Given names 隠(いん)Listen

    Surnames 隠(かくれ)Listen 隠(なばり)Listen

  • Compare with other kanji that mean the same thing:

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    conceal; hide; cover

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    to hide, conceal, cover; to disappear, lurk; an open secret

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Japanese variant of 隱|隐[yin3]

  • Onyomi

    tip

    in(イン) イン

    on(オン) オン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    kaku.reru(かく-れる) かく-れる

    kaku.shi(かく-し) かく-し

    kakusu(かく-す) かく-す

    yo.ru(よる) よる

  • Strokes

    tip

    14 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    阜 阝 (kozato・kozatohen・oka)

  • Related Keywords

    to hide to be hidden secret compassion sympathy grieve cover up camouflage cloak covert disguise invisible lurk mask obscure screen suppress stash bury hidden conceal

Sentences including 隠

  • I saw my mother hide the cake.

  • There is no disguising the fact from her.

  • Let's hold fire for a few days.

  • She hid the secret from her husband all her life.

  • She tried to hide her mistake from us.

  • Where is it hidden?

  • He hid his dictionary out of sight.

  • I keep nothing a secret from you.

  • He tried to keep the secret back from us.

  • I hid myself so that i might not meet him.

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