隱 Stroke Order
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Information of 隱
Pinyin
yǐn
Radical
阝
Strokes
16 strokes
Usage
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Definition
secret / hidden / concealed
隱 (yǐn)
1. Same as "隐".
2. Verb: To depend on; to lean against.
Example from the Book of Rites: "After burial and sealing, the wide wheel covers the pit; its height can be hidden." Han dynasty scholar Zheng Xuan notes: "Hidden means to depend."
3. To conceal.
Common phrases:
- 藏匿 (cáng nì): to hide.
- 遮瞒 (zhē mán): to conceal.
- 潜藏 (qián cáng): to be hidden, not visible; opposite of 显 (xiǎn).
- 秘密 (mì mì): secret matters unknown to others.
4. To conceal.
Common phrases:
- 退隐 (tuì yǐn): to retreat from the world.
- 若隐若现 (ruò yǐn ruò xiàn): appearing and disappearing.
- 直言不隐 (zhí yán bù yǐn): to speak frankly without concealment.
- 隐情 (yǐn qíng): hidden circumstances.
- 隐疾 (yǐn zhì): concealed illness.
- 隐性 (yǐn xìng): recessive (genetics).
- 难言之隐 (nán yán zhī yǐn): an unutterable secret.
5. Verb: To hide.
Reference from "Shuowen Jiezi": "Hidden means to obstruct." From the Book of Jin: "Skilled at singing and dancing, can also hide and obscure."
6. Verb: To conceal.
Example from Song dynasty scholar Su Shi: "One cow lost, then hidden and not mentioned; five sheep gained, then pointed out as a merit."