隐匿
yǐn​nì

conceal

隐 yǐn hide Simplified

Simplified form of 隱. Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 㥯 represents the sound.

Components

阝
阝 Meaning component
fù hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

急
急 Simplified component
jí urgent

Shorthand for the phonetic 㥯 component in the traditional character 隱.

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

瘾

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

匿 nì, tè hide

Components

匸
匸 Meaning component
xì box

box

若
若 Sound component
ruò if

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

慝

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

暱

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartnriknr[ə]kconceal
Zhengzhangnɯɡ
Unicodeniək

說文解字

亡也。从匸若聲。讀如羊騶箠。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

隱 yǐn hide Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 㥯 represents the sound.

Components

阝
阝 Meaning component
fù hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

㥯
㥯 Sound component
yǐn careful

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

檃癮

Remnant (0 of 1 verified)

檃

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagart'j+nX[ʔ](r)ə[n]ʔ grieved; suffering
'j+nX[ʔ](r)ə[n]ʔ conceal
'j+nHʔ(r)ə[r]ʔ-s lean on

說文解字

《說文》：“隱，蔽也。从，聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)