懂中文 Dong Chinese

掩

yǎn

to cover (with the hand)

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 奄 represents the sound.

Components
扌 meaning component

扌  Meaning component

shou, shǒu

  

hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

奄 sound component

奄  Sound component

yǎn, yān

  

ere long

Evolution

掩 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
掩 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

掩  

yǎn

to cover (with the hand); shut, conceal; ambush; to cover up; to close; to surprise

Most common words with 掩
Freq.
Word
Meaning

掩护

to screen

掩盖

to conceal

掩饰

to cover up

掩

to close

遮掩

to cover