掩 = 扌 + 奄

掩 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “to cover (with the hand)”. It is built from 扌 (hand) and 奄 (ere long).

Keyword: to cover (with the hand)
Pinyin (Mandarin): yǎn
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: покрыть (рукой)
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 掩 shrouded

Decomposition

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扌 hand
奄 ere long

How to find 掩 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “hand” + “ere long”. 掩 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 掩 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.