隠
conceal, cover, hide
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Nanori (名乗り)
Stroke Order
14 / 14
Information
Grade:8
Strokes:14
JLPT:1
Frequency:1089
Vocabulary
イン
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 隠謀 | インボウ | plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act |
| 隠滅 | インメツ | destruction (esp. of evidence); spoliation; suppression; hiding; concealment |
| 索隠 | サクイン | index (in a book) |
| 隠居 | インキョ | retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII) |
| 隠語 | インゴ | secret language; jargon; cant; argot; slang |
オン
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 隠密 | オンミツ | secret; clandestine; covert; stealthy; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent |
| 隠亡 | オンボウ | cemetery guard; crematorium worker |
| 隠密行動 | オンミツコウドウ | covert action; covert operations |
| 隠形 | オンギョウ | invisibility (through magic) |
| 隠密性 | オンミツセイ | stealth; stealthiness; concealment |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 隠し引き出し | かくしひきだし | secret drawer; hidden drawer |
| 隠す | かくす | to hide; to conceal |
| 隠れる | かくれる | to hide; to conceal oneself; to take cover; to disappear (behind); to be hidden (by); to be covered; to go out of sight; to live in seclusion; to retire (from the world); to be unknown (e.g. of a talent); to be undiscovered; to be hidden (e.g. of a meaning); to pass away (of a person of high position) |
| 隠る | こもる | to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to seclude oneself; to hide away; to stay inside (one's shell); to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to infuse with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be stuffy; to be dense; to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.); to confine oneself in a temple to pray |
| 見え隠れ | みえかくれ | appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view |
Visually Similar Kanji
These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes
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calm, moderation, quiet
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be anxious, distress, grieve, lament
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秘
conceal, secret
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急
emergency, hurry, steep, sudden
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偽
counterfeit, deceive, falsehood, forgery, lie, pretend
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総
all, full, general, total, whole
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浸
dip, dunk, immersed, moisten, soak, steep, wet
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想
concept, idea, think, thought
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悠
distant, leisure, long time, permanence
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窯
furnace, kiln, oven
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