Keyword
to cover
- to hide
- to shelter
- Frequency
- #2294
- Strokes
- 14
Readings
bì
Mnemonic
艹 (grass) gives the meaning and 敝 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
屏蔽
to screen; to block (sth or sb); to shield; (protective) shield
隐蔽
to conceal; to hide; covert; under cover
遮蔽
to cover; to hide from view; to obstruct or block; defilade (military)
蒙蔽
to deceive; to hoodwink
掩蔽
shelter; screen; cover; protection
蔽
to cover; to shield; to screen; to conceal
一言以蔽之
one word says it all (idiom, from Analects); to cut a long story short; in a nutshell
衣不蔽体
lit. clothes not covering the body (idiom); fig. poverty-stricken
荫蔽
to be shaded or concealed by foliage; to conceal; hidden; covert; shade (of a tree)
遮天蔽日
lit. hiding the sky and covering the earth (idiom); fig. earth-shattering; omnipresent; of universal importance
障蔽
to obstruct
壅蔽
(literary) to cover; to conceal; to hide from view