隠 – conceal, hide, cover

14 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1089 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 隠 means conceal, hide, cover. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is イン、オン (in, on); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is かく.す、かく.し、かく.れる、よ.る (kakusu, kakushi, kakureru, yoru). It is written with 14 strokes, under radical 阜 (no. 170).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	イン	in
On’yomi	オン	on
Kun’yomi	かく.す	kakusu
Kun’yomi	かく.し	kakushi
Kun’yomi	かく.れる	kakureru
Kun’yomi	よ.る	yoru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 阜 (Kangxi radical 170). Components: ノ・ヨ・尚・心・阡.

Words using 隠

隠すかくすto hide隠れるかくれるto hide隠居いんきょretirement (from work)

Example sentences

私は母がケーキを隠すのを見た。

I saw my mother hide the cake.

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子どもは箱の中に隠れていた。

The child was hiding in the box.

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太陽が雲のかげに隠れた。

The sun disappeared behind a cloud.

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Kanji with the same radical

院際防限階除降隊険陸障陣陽隣陥阻

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.