隠

conceal, hide, cover

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

インオン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

かく.しかく.すかく.れるよ.る

Nanori (名乗り)

おがくし

Stroke Order

14 / 14

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:14

JLPT:N1

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

calm, quiet, moderation

distress, grieve, lament, be anxious

secret, conceal

hurry, emergency, sudden, steep

falsehood, lie, deceive, pretend, counterfeit, forgery

general, whole, all, full, total

immersed, soak, dip, steep, moisten, wet, dunk

concept, idea, think, thought

permanence, distant, long time, leisure

kiln, oven, furnace