匽 – vocab dash

Keyword

to hide

to repress
to bend

Frequency: #7101
Strokes: 9

Readings

yǎn

Mnemonic

匸 (box) gives the meaning and 妟 the sound.

Stroke order

Composed of

匸box 妟banquet

Used in characters

堰weir 偃to lie supine 郾a county in Henan province 揠to weed out

Used in vocabulary

to hide, to secrete, to repress; to bend