匿
hide, shelter, shield
Readings
On'yomi
- トク
Kun'yomi
- かくま.う
Meaning
匿 centers on concealing something or someone from view: hiding, sheltering, or shielding from harm or discovery.
Most common words using 匿
20 of 24- 匿名とくめいN1
anonymity; using an assumed name
- 秘匿ひとく
hiding; concealment
- 匿うかくまう
to shelter (e.g. a fugitive); to harbour; to harbor; to hide; to give refuge to
- 隠匿いんとく
concealment (esp. of wrongdoings or criminals); sheltering; harboring
- 匿とく
shelter; shield; hide
- 匿名FTPとくめいエフティーピー
anonymous FTP
- 匿名化とくめいか
anonymization (of data); anonymisation
- 匿名希望とくめいきぼう
request to remain anonymous; name withheld by request
- 匿名性とくめいせい
anonymity
- 匿名批評とくめいひひょう
anonymous criticism
- 匿名掲示板とくめいけいじばん
anonymous textboard
- 匿名組合とくめいくみあい
anonymous partnership; silent partnership; anonymous association
- 匿名配送とくめいはいそう
anonymous shipping
- 匿流とくりゅう
ad hoc group formed to commit crimes
- 犯人を匿うはんにんをかくまう
to shelter a criminal
- 犯人蔵匿罪はんにんぞうとくざい
(crime of) harboring a fugitive (harbouring)
- 秘匿名ひとくめい
secret name; code name
- 秘匿性ひとくせい
confidentiality; secrecy
- 秘匿特権ひとくとっけん
privilege (e.g. "attorney-client privilege")
- 竄匿ざんとく
diving under cover and hiding
Study
Etymology
匿 combines 匚 (a container or enclosure) with 若, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of hiding or being concealed. The exact historical development is uncertain, but the structure suggests something placed inside a container to keep it hidden.
Meaning mnemonic
The outer 匚 is like a box or shelter, and inside is 若, which looks like a person crouching under grass. Imagine someone hiding in a box covered with grass to stay concealed.
Reading mnemonic
For トク, imagine hiding a special talking duck inside the box: duck -> トク, and the duck is safely hidden away.