1. 遮
  2. 掩

遮

Previous (颠)Next (谊)
  • 2130th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 21 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
遮→
辶庶
2Radical
遮→
辶walk广house on cliff廿two hands/twenty灬fire
3Graphical
遮→
丶㇆㇝厂丶卄一灬

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhē (zhe1)to cover up (a shortcoming) • to screen off • to hide • to conceal

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

遮住 
遮掩 

Uncommon

口无遮拦 (口無遮攔)
遮挡 (遮擋)
遮瑕膏 
遮盖 (遮蓋)
遮蔽 

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掩

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Previous (豪)Next (兼)
  • 1512th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 20 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
掩→
扌奄
2Radical
掩→
扌hand大big日sun/day丨line乚second
3Graphical
掩→
亅二人一口一丨乚

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yǎn (yan3)to cover up • to close • to surprise

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 掩 yǎn (yan3)The component 奄 is pronounced as 'yān' (yan1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for 掩 yǎn (yan3)The component 奄 is pronounced as 'yǎn' (yan3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
3. Pronunciation clue for 掩 yǎn (yan3)The component 乚 is pronounced as 'yà' (ya4). It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words

Common

掩盖 (掩蓋)
掩饰 (掩飾)

Uncommon

掩埋 
掩藏 
掩护 (掩護)
遮掩 

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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