The kanji 隠: meaning, readings and stroke order

隠

Meaning: hide
On reading: イン in
Kun reading: かく（す） kakusu、かく（れる） kakureru
Strokes: 14
Radical: 阜 mound, dam
Level: Level 7 · junior high school
Old form: 隱

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: giấu, ẩn nấp (ẩn)
Japanese: かくす。かくれる。
Korean: 숨기다, 숨다 (은)
Chinese: 隐藏、躲 (隐)

Readings, words and example sentences

イン in · on reading · less common

隠いん居きょ
living quietly after retiring
祖父は 隠いん居きょしています。
My grandfather has retired and lives a quiet life.

かく（す） kakusu · kun reading

隠かくす
to hide (something)
プレゼントを後ろに 隠かくします。
I hide the present behind my back.

かく（れる） kakureru · kun reading

隠かくれる
to hide (oneself)
木のかげに 隠かくれます。
I hide behind a tree.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.