匿

音読おんよみ: トク

訓読くんよみ: かくれる・かくま

画数かくすう: 10

部首ぶしゅ: 匚(はこがまえ)

Meaning

Hide / Conceal / Shelter / Harbor

  • 匿名とくめい — anonymity; to give no name
  • 匿名希望とくめいきぼう — “prefers to remain anonymous”
  • 匿名性とくめいせい — degree of anonymity; how hidden one’s identity is
  • かくまう — to shelter or harbor someone in secret
  • 隠匿いんとく — concealment; hiding something (often property or information)
  • 秘匿ひとく — keeping something secret; withholding information

On the outside, the radical draws a box-like enclosure — a space with one side open. Inside sits a person-like form, hinting at someone tucked away out of sight. Together they paint the idea of hiding or sheltering a person in a confined space — the core meaning of .

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