匽

匽 (Kangxi radical 23, 匸+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 尸日女 (SAV), four-corner 7171₄, composition ⿷匚妟 or ⿷匸妟)

• 偃, 堰, 愝, 揠, 隁, 椻, 褗, 蝘, 䞁(𬥺), 躽, 䤷, 鰋(𫚢), 鼴, 郾, 㰽, 鶠(𬸘)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 155, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2684
• Dae Jaweon: page 347, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 85, character 19
• Unihan data for U+533D

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qanʔ): semantic 匸 (“hiding enclosure”) + phonetic 妟 (yàn).

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匽

1. (historical dictionaries only) to hide, conceal

   Synonym: 匿

2. a surname
3. obsolete form of 偃 (yǎn, “to fall and lie flat; to cease”)

   • 夏則爲大暑之所暴炙，冬則爲風寒之所匽薄。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     夏则为大暑之所暴炙，冬则为风寒之所匽薄。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE

     Xià zé wéi dàshǔ zhī suǒ pùzhì, dōng zé wéi fēnghán zhī suǒ yǎnbó. [Pinyin]

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   • 海內安寧，興文匽武。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     海内安宁，兴文匽武。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE

     Hǎinèi ānníng, xīng wén yǎn wǔ. [Pinyin]

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4. obsolete form of 蝘 (yǎn, “cicada”)

匽

1. (Classical) drainage ditch; latrine

   • 為其井匽，除其不蠲，去其惡臭。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     为其井匽，除其不蠲，去其恶臭。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: Rites of Zhou, circa 3^rd century BCE

     Wéi qí jǐngyàn, chú qí bùjuān, qù qí èchòu. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• 羅竹風 [Luo, Zhufeng], editor (1986–1994), “匽”, in 漢語大詞典 [Hanyu Da Cidian] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Shanghai: Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House, →ISBN
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B00271

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. to hide
2. to secrete
3. to repress
4. to bend

• On (unclassified): えん (en)
• Kun: かくす (kakusu, 匽す)、ふす (fusu, 匽す)、なびく (nabiku, 匽く)、はこ (hako)、どぶ (dobu)

匽 • (eon) (hangeul 언, revised eon, McCune–Reischauer ŏn)

1. lay down
2. to rest
3. fall down
4. latrine