to tuck (into a pocket) / to hide / to conceal
to support by the arm / to help / to promote / at the side / also pr. [yi4]

掖 character breakdown

variant of 夜[ye4]

= + + + : Mnemonic symbol: 夜壶, chamber pot.

In the middle of the night, Maud Younger and Rosa Luxemburg bump into each other as they are emptying their chamber pot in the elevator's bathroom. They covered their chamber pots with a petal leaf and a beret respectively, and as they carry them they take care to walk very slowly in their high heels.
night

= + + + : Mnemonic symbol: 夜壶, chamber pot.

In the middle of the night, Maud Younger and Rosa Luxemburg bump into each other as they are emptying their chamber pot in the elevator's bathroom. They covered their chamber pots with a petal leaf and a beret respectively, and as they carry them they take care to walk very slowly in their high heels.
"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a toy claw.

Characters with 掖 as component

掖 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 掖

palace apartments
Zhangye, prefecture-level city in Gansu
Zhangye prefecture, Gansu (old term) / Zhangye, prefecture-level city 張掖市|张掖市[Zhang1 ye4 shi4] (district in Gansu)
Zhangye, prefecture-level city in Gansu
to support / to help
to toss aside / to misplace
sidewalls of a palace
Lateral Courts in the imperial palace (housing concubines and administrative offices
small side door of a palace

Sentences with 掖

掖 currently does not appear in any sentence.