掩

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

• 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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qromʔ): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 奄 (OC *qromʔ).

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):

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

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”).

掩

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

• (to hide oneself):

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. cover
2. conceal

• Go-on: えん (en)
• Kan-on: えん (en)
• Kun: おおう (ōu, 掩う)、たちまち (tachimachi, 掩ち)、かばう (kabau, 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 Việt readings: yểm^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]}
掩: Nôm readings: ỉm^[1][2][3][7], ém^[3][6][7][8], ôm^[1][3][4], ím^[6][7][8], ếm^[3][4], ẵm^[1], yếm^[2], im^[4]

1. chữ Hán form of yểm (“(rare) to hide”)
2. chữ Nôm form of ẵm (“(Southern Vietnam) to hold an infant; to hold something gently in one's arm”)
3. chữ Nôm form of ôm (“to embrace; to hug”)