隐
·
(bound form) secret; hidden; concealed; crypto-
11 strokes
Dict coverage rank #814 U+9690
How 隐 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A place 阝 to hide when worried 急
How to remember it
hidden · Heisig RSH #2345
pinnacle + 急 anxious
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 隐 as their sound component
These characters all use 隐 (yǐn) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 隐 sound component | yǐn | to hide, to conceal; secret, hidden |
| 瘾 | yǐn | rash; addiction, craving, habit |
Words containing 隐
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 隐病不报 | yǐn bìng bù bào | not to tell others of one's illness |
| 隐情不报 | yǐn qíng bù bào | not to report sth; to keep sth secret |
| 隐身草儿 | yǐn shēn cǎo r | erhua variant of 隱身草|隐身草[yin3 shen1 cao3] |
| 直言无隐 | zhí yán wú yǐn | see 直言不諱|直言不讳[zhi2 yan2 bu4 hui4] |
| 难言之隐 | nán yán zhī yǐn | a hidden trouble hard to mention (idiom); sth too embarrassing to mention; an embarrassing… |
| 时隐时现 | shí yǐn shí xiàn | appearing and disappearing (idiom); intermittently visible |
| 小隐隐于林，大隐隐于市 | xiǎo yǐn yǐn yú lín , dà yǐn yǐn yú shì | an ordinary hermit lives in the seclusion of the woods; the true recluse chooses the city … |
| 隐身草 | yǐn shēn cǎo | legendary grass conferring invisibility; fig. to conceal oneself or one's plans |
| 隐性基因 | yǐn xìng jī yīn | recessive gene |
| 隐性 | yǐn xìng | hidden; crypto-; recessive (gene) |
| 隐形眼镜 | yǐn xíng yǎn jìng | contact lens; CL:隻|只[zhi1],副[fu4] |
| 小隐隐于野，大隐隐于市 | xiǎo yǐn yǐn yú yě , dà yǐn yǐn yú shì | an ordinary hermit lives in the seclusion of the wild; the true recluse chooses the city (… |
| 隐事 | yǐn shì | a secret |
| 隐语 | yǐn yǔ | secret language; codeword |
| 神隐 | shén yǐn | to be concealed by supernatural forces; to disappear mysteriously; (fig.) to be out of the… |
| 时显时隐 | shí xiǎn shí yǐn | appearing and disappearing; intermittently visible |
| 隐色 | yǐn sè | protective coloration (esp. of insects); camouflage |
| 隐意 | yǐn yì | implied meaning |
| 隐情 | yǐn qíng | sth one wishes to keep secret; ulterior motive; a subject best avoided |
| 隐身 | yǐn shēn | to hide oneself; invisible (person or online status) |