yǎn​shì HSK7

conceal

yǎn to cover (with the hand)

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

is a component form of .

SoundMeaning component
yǎn, yān to enclose

also represents the meaning.

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangqromʔ
Unicodeqyɛ̌m

說文解字

《說文》:“掩,斂也,小上曰掩。从手,奄聲。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

shì decorate Simplified

Components

𬲦
𬲦 Sound component
to feed
Meaning component
jīn cloth

cloth

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

shì decorate Traditional

Components

Sound component
to feed
Meaning component
jīn cloth

cloth

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsyikl̥ək adorn

說文解字

《說文》:“飾,也。从巾、从人,食聲。一曰襐飾。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica