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Radical:
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 8
Total Strokes: 11
Variants:

Pronunciation

Pinyin: yàn, yǎn
Cantonese: am2 jim2
JapaneseKun: OOU
JapaneseOn: EN
Korean: EM
Vietnamese: ém

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: to cover (with the hand); shut, conceal; ambush

CE-Dict: to cover up/to close/to surprise

Soothill: To cover (with the hand), screen, shut up.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to cover (up)
2.to shut or close
3.[Dialect] to get caught, pinched, or squeezed by (a closing door, lid, etc.)

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: attack by surprise; close; cover; hide

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: attack by surprise; close; cover; hide

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《手部》掩 斂也。小上曰掩。从手奄聲。

康熙字典文字版 【卯集中】【手字部】 掩
【唐韻】【集韻】【韻會】衣檢切【正韻】於檢切,𠀤淹上聲。【說文】斂也。小上曰掩。【增韻】遮也。【禮·月令】仲夏,君子齊戒,處必掩身。【註】掩,猶隱翳也。【又】孟冬是察阿黨,則罪無有掩蔽。 又乗其不備而覆之曰掩。【禮·曲禮】大夫不掩羣。【疏】禽獸羣聚,則多不可掩取之。【前漢·貨殖傳】掘冢搏掩。【註】博擊掩襲,取人物也。一說博,六博也。掩,意錢之屬。 一曰撫也。【爾雅·釋訓】矜憐撫掩之也。【郭璞註】撫掩猶撫拍,謂慰恤也。 又閉也。【韓愈詩】獨宿門不掩。 又【揚子·方言】止也。 又同也。江淮南楚之閒曰掩。【韻會】或作揜。 又【集韻】烏感切,庵上聲。覆取也。與揜同。 又於贍切,淹去聲。繅絲以手振出緒也。或作𦁏。通作淹。 又乙業切,音浥。打也。
掩本字。字頭从𢑚作。
考證:〔【爾雅·釋訓】【郭璞註】撫掩猶撫揗,謂慰恤也。〕 謹照原文撫揗改撫拍。

CF-Dict: cacher/couvrir/fermer

Han-De-Dict: vertuschen, zudecken, verbergen (u.E.) (V)