隠 – vocab dash

Keyword

to hide

conceal
hide
cover

Frequency: #1089
Strokes: 14
Grade: 8
JLPT (old): N1
Heisig: 1410

Readings

かく56%

イン44%

Mnemonic

When a giant claw rakes through the small village, you clutch a broken trident to your pounding heart and squeeze into a rain barrel to hide.

Stroke order

Composed of

阝small village ⺤claw (radical)ヨbroken trident 心heart

Used in vocabulary

隠かくし引ひき出だし

secret drawer; hidden drawer

Noun

隠かくす

to hide; to conceal

Godan verb

何なにを隠かくそう

to be frank with you; to tell you the truth; I'm going to lay my cards on the table

Expression

見みえ隠かくれ

appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view

Noun

隠かくれる

to hide; to conceal oneself; to take cover; to disappear (behind); to be hidden (by); to be covered; to go out of sight; to live in seclusion; to retire (from the world); to be unknown (e.g. of a talent); …

Ichidan verb

隠いん滅めつ

destruction (esp. of evidence); spoliation; suppression; hiding; concealment

Noun

隠いん蔽ぺい

concealment; hiding; covering up; suppression

Noun

目め隠かくし

something used to cover the eyes; blindfold; blinder; blinker; eye bandage; concealing one's home such that the interior cannot be seen from outside

Noun

隠かくれんぼ

hide-and-seek (game); hide-and-go-seek

Noun

隠かくれ

hidden; concealed; unknown; crypto-; passing away; dying; death

Prefix

隠かくれ家が

hiding place; hideout; refuge; retreat; hideaway

Noun

隠かくし

hiding; concealing; being hidden; being concealed; pocket