yǎn

cover up

Evolution

揜 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
揜 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Definitions

 

yǎn

cover up; take by force, shut; to surprise

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Unicode

U+63DC

Shuowen

“揜,自關以東謂取曰揜。一曰覆也。从手,弇聲。”


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