掩

掩
yǎn = y + an3
to cover up / to close / to surprise
掩 = 奄 + 扌 : 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).
掩
yǎn = y + an3
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

奄
yǎn = y + an3
surname Yan
奄
ya̅n = y + an1
variant of 閹|阉[yan1] / to castrate / variant of 淹[yan1] / to delay
奄
yǎn = y + an3
suddenly / abruptly / hastily / to cover / to surround
奄 = 大 + 电 : Mnemonic symbol: 奄列, omelet.
奄 = 大 + 电 : 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.
扌
shǒu = sh + ou3
"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc
扌 = 二 + 亅 : Mnemonic symbol: a toy claw.

Characters with 掩 as component

掩 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 掩

掩
掩
护
護
to screen / to shield / to cover / protection / cover / CL:面[mian4]
掩
掩
盖
蓋
to conceal / to hide behind / to cover up
掩
掩
饰
飾
to cover up / to conceal / to mask / to gloss over
掩
掩
耳
耳
盗
盜
铃
鈴
lit. to cover one's ears whilst stealing a bell / to deceive oneself / to bury one's head in the sand (idiom)
掩
掩
样
樣
法
法
illusion
掩
掩
杀
殺
to make a surprise attack / to pounce on (an enemy)
不
不
加
加
掩
掩
饰
飾
undisguised
掩
耳
to refuse to listen
掩
面
而
泣
to bury one's head in one's hands and weep (idiom)
兵
兵
来
來
将
將
挡
擋
，
，
,
水
水
来
來
土
土
掩
掩
counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action / to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
后
後
掩
掩
蔽
蔽
backward masking
掩
映
hidden from view / alternately hidden and visible / setting off each other

Sentences with 掩

掩 currently does not appear in any sentence.