遮
to cover up (a shortcoming); to screen off; to hide; to conceal
14 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,176 U+906E
How 遮 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
辶 (semantic, “walk”) + 庶 (phonetic, shù)
How to remember it
screen · Heisig RSH #2245
caverns + cooking fire + road
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 庶
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 庶 (shù) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 庶 sound component | shù | numerous, various; multitude |
| 鹧 | zhè | partridge |
| 蔗 | zhè | sugar cane |
| 摭 | zhí | to gather, to pick up |
Words containing 遮
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一手遮天 | yī shǒu zhē tiān | lit. to hide the sky with one hand; to hide the truth from the masses |
| 遮阳板 | zhē yáng bǎn | sun visor; sunshade; sunshading board |
| 遮目鱼 | zhē mù yú | milkfish (Chanos chanos) |
| 鬼遮眼 | guǐ zhē yǎn | selective blindness caused by a ghost, whereby one fails to notice obvious dangers |
| 遮风避雨 | zhē fēng bì yǔ | to give shelter from the wind and rain; to keep out the elements |
| 遮护板 | zhē hù bǎn | shield; protective board |
| 东掩西遮 | dōng yǎn xī zhē | to cover up the truth on all sides (idiom) |
| 旁遮普省 | Páng zhē pǔ shěng | Punjab province of Pakistan |
| 遮阳 | zhē yáng | to shield from the sun |
| 遮天蔽日 | zhē tiān bì rì | lit. hiding the sky and covering the earth (idiom); fig. earth-shattering; omnipresent; of… |
| 口无遮拦 | kǒu wú zhē lán | to blab; to shoot one's mouth off; to commit a gaffe |
| 旁遮普邦 | Páng zhē pǔ bāng | Punjab state in northwest India bordering Pakistan |
| 旁遮普 | Páng zhē pǔ | Punjab state of India; Punjab province of Pakistan |
| 遮断 | zhē duàn | to cut off; to interrupt; to prevent access |
| 遮阴 | zhē yīn | to provide shade |
| 遮羞布 | zhē xiū bù | loincloth; (fig.) fig leaf; CL:塊|块[kuai4] |
| 遮住 | zhē zhù | to cover (up); to block; to obstruct; to shade |
| 遮盖 | zhē gài | to hide; to cover (one's tracks) |
| 遮挡 | zhē dǎng | to shelter; to shelter from |
| 遮羞 | zhē xiū | to cover up one's embarrassment; to hush up a scandal |