Memory phrase for the Kanji: 隠

隠

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Meaning hide, conceal, suppress

Pronunciation

IN
kakureru

Explanation

Left: hill 阝, right: a hand reaches down 爫, hand ナ/ヨ, heart 心

Mnemonic
 
Behind a hill or two hands, the heart can hide.

Radicals

阝 hillThe radical kozato shows a hill. 阝 and is always on the left side of a kanji. (Please note that rather similar radical oozato ⻏ is always on the right sight of the kanji and means village.)
爫 grap downwardsThe radical notsu shows a hand which is reaching downwards.
handSeveral characters are used for hand: ,ナ, 扌, 手,ヨ,又. The hand can be seen with the forearm on the right and the fingers on the left.
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 Vocabulary

隠蔽 いんぺい  concealment, hiding
隠す かくす  to hide, to conceal
隠れる かくれる  to hide, to be hidden, to conceal oneself, to disappear
隠居 いんきょ  (1) retirement, (2) retired person

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