to cover up / to close / to surprise

= + : Maud Younger (y) builds a bunker (掩) for cover (掩) inside of the anthill (an3). The bunker consists solely of omelets (奄) which Maud stacks to high and thick walls using a toy claw (扌).
to cover up; to conceal / to close (a door, book etc) / (coll.) to get (one's fingers etc) caught when closing a door or lid / (literary) to launch a surprise attack

掩 character breakdown

surname Yan
variant of 閹|阉[yan1] / to castrate / variant of 淹[yan1] / to delay
suddenly / abruptly / hastily / to cover / to surround

= + : Mnemonic symbol: 奄列, omelet.

= + : Maud Younger (y) has the robot (大) prepare an omelet (奄) for her inside the anthill (an3). The robot makes the omelet using a charger (电). Maud doesn't pay too much attention, and suddenly (奄) the omelet (奄) is done.
"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a toy claw.

Characters with 掩 as component

掩 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 掩

to screen / to shield / to cover / protection / cover / CL:面[mian4]
to conceal / to hide behind / to cover up
to cover up / to conceal / to mask / to gloss over
lit. to cover one's ears whilst stealing a bell / to deceive oneself / to bury one's head in the sand (idiom)
to make a surprise attack / to pounce on (an enemy)
to refuse to listen
to bury one's head in one's hands and weep (idiom)
counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action / to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
hidden from view / alternately hidden and visible / setting off each other

Sentences with 掩

掩 currently does not appear in any sentence.