# 隱

| 隱 | U+96B1, &#38577; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-96B1 |
| ← 隰 [U+96B0] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 隲 → [U+96B2] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 隱 |
| Shinjitai | 隠 |
| Simplified | 隐 |

### Han character

隱 (Kangxi radical 170, 阜+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 弓中月一心 (NLBMP), four-corner 7223$_7$, composition ⿰阝㥯)

#### Derived characters

* 㦩, 㶏, 讔, 𨏱, 𡾯, 蘟, 癮, 䨸, 櫽, 𧮐

#### Related characters

* 隠 (Japanese shinjitai, also a variant form)
* 隐 (Simplified Chinese)

#### Descendants

* 𛀖 (Hentaigana)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1362, character 15
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41891
* Dae Jaweon: page 1865, character 15
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4162, character 9
* Unihan data for U+96B1

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 隱 | *qɯnʔ, *qɯns |
| 櫽 | *qɯnʔ |
| 嶾 | *qɯnʔ |
| 癮 | *qɯn |
| 懚 | *qɯns |
| 檼 | *qɯns |
| 穩 | *qʷɯːnʔ |
Shuowen: Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qɯnʔ, *qɯns): semantic 阝 + phonetic 㥯 (yǐn).

### Etymology

Note a resemblance to Burmese အောင်း (aung:, “to hide, hibernate”).

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yǐn (yin$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jan$^2$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): yún
    (Hailu, HRS): rhun$^ˊ$
* Northern Min (KCR): ǐng / ěng
* Eastern Min (BUC): ṳ̄ng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): yng$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): ún / ín
    (Teochew, Peng'im): eng$^2$ / ng$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$in
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yǐn
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yǐn
*** Wade–Giles: yin$^3$
*** Yale: yǐn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiin
*** Palladius: инь (inʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /in²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jan$^2$
*** Yale: yán
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jan$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yen$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɐn³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yún
*** Hakka Romanization System: iun$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yun$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /i̯un³¹/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yún
*** Hakka Romanization System: (r)iun$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yun$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯un³¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: rhun$^ˊ$
*** Sinological IPA: /ʒun²⁴/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ǐng / ěng
*** Sinological IPA : /iŋ²¹/, /eiŋ²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ṳ̄ng
*** Sinological IPA : /yŋ³³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: yng$^3$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ṳ̂ng
*** Sinological IPA : /yŋ⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: yng$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /yŋ³³²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ún
*** Tâi-lô: ún
*** Phofsit Daibuun: uon
*** IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /un⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /un⁴¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /un⁵⁵⁴/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ín
*** Tâi-lô: ín
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ien
*** IPA (Taipei, Zhangzhou): /in⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /in⁴¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: eng$^2$ / ng$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ṳ́ng / ńg
*** Sinological IPA : /ɯŋ⁵²/, /ŋ⁵²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$in
*** MiniDict: in$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$in
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /in³⁴/
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit隱 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /in²¹⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /in²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /in¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /iẽ⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /iə̃⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /in⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /iẽ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /iə̃⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /iŋ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /ĩn⁴⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /iŋ⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /in⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /in⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /in⁴²/ /ŋen⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /ĩ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /in²¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /in²⁴/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /iəŋ⁵³/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /iŋ⁵³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /ĩŋ⁵³/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /iŋ²³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /in⁵¹/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /ʔin⁵³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /j̠aŋ³⁵/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /iʌ̃³⁵/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /in³¹/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /in⁴¹/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /in²¹/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /in²¹³/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /iun³¹/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /ʒuŋ³¹/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /jɐn³⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /jɐn³⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /jɐn³⁵/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /un⁵³/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /yŋ³²/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /iŋ²¹/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /ɯŋ⁵³/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /un²¹³/ |
* Middle Chinese: 'j+nX
Rime :
| Character | 隱 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 欣 (57) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 於謹切 |
| Baxter | 'j+nX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʔɨn$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʔɨn$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʔiən$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʔɨn$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ʔiən$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ĭən$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʔi̯ən$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yǐn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jan$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ʔ](r)ə[n]ʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*qɯnʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 隱 |
| Reading # | 1/3 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | yǐn |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ ʔjɨn$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ʔ](r)ə[n]ʔ/ |
| English | grieved; suffering |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 隱 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 15314 |
| Phonetic component | 隱 |
| Rime group | 文 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 隱 |
| Old Chinese | /*qɯnʔ/ |

#### Definitions

隱
* to hide; to cover; to shield
* to conceal; to cover up
* hidden; concealed
* profound; subtle; delicate
* facts one wishes to hide; feelings or troubles one wishes to keep to oneself; secret
* secretly; inwardly

#### Compounds

* 中隱 / 中隐
* 匿跡隱形 / 匿迹隐形
* 南山隱豹 / 南山隐豹
* 坐隱 / 坐隐
* 大隱朝市 / 大隐朝市
* 子為父隱 / 子为父隐
* 屏隱 / 屏隐
* 市隱 / 市隐
* 忽隱忽現 / 忽隐忽现
* 恤隱 / 恤隐
* 惻隱 / 恻隐 (cèyǐn)
* 惻隱之心 / 恻隐之心 (cèyǐnzhīxīn)
* 招隱 / 招隐
* 探奧索隱 / 探奥索隐
* 探幽索隱 / 探幽索隐
* 探賾索隱 / 探赜索隐
* 摘伏發隱 / 摘伏发隐
* 時隱時見 / 时隐时见
* 曲隱 / 曲隐
* 有犯無隱 / 有犯无隐
* 朝隱 / 朝隐
* 樵隱 / 樵隐
* 欺隱 / 欺隐
* 歸隱 / 归隐 (guīyǐn)
* 比顯興隱 / 比显兴隐
* 民隱 / 民隐
* 泥中隱刺 / 泥中隐刺
* 潛山隱市 / 潜山隐市
* 潛蹤隱跡 / 潜踪隐迹
* 潯陽三隱 / 浔阳三隐
* 父為子隱 / 父为子隐
* 發奸摘隱 / 发奸摘隐
* 發隱擿伏 / 发隐擿伏
* 直言無隱 / 直言无隐
* 禍起隱微 / 祸起隐微
* 索隱 / 索隐
* 索隱行怪 / 索隐行怪
* 素隱行怪 / 素隐行怪
* 羅隱題破 / 罗隐题破
* 花遮柳隱 / 花遮柳隐
* 見賢不隱 / 见贤不隐
* 訇隱 / 訇隐
* 豹隱 / 豹隐 (bàoyǐn)
* 退隱 / 退隐 (tuìyǐn)
* 鉤隱抉微 / 钩隐抉微
* 隱不違親 / 隐不违亲
* 隱介藏形 / 隐介藏形
* 隱伏 / 隐伏
* 隱佔 / 隐占
* 隱匿 / 隐匿 (yǐnnì)
* 隱名合夥 / 隐名合伙
* 隱含 / 隐含 (yǐnhán)
* 隱君子 / 隐君子 (yǐnjūnzǐ)
* 隱喻 / 隐喻 (yǐnyù)
* 隱囊 / 隐囊
* 隱士 / 隐士 (yǐnshì)
* 隱天蔽日 / 隐天蔽日
* 隱姓埋名 / 隐姓埋名 (yǐnxìngmáimíng)
* 隱宮 / 隐宫
* 隱密 / 隐密 (yǐnmì)
* 隱居 / 隐居 (yǐnjū)
* 隱度 / 隐度
* 隱形 / 隐形 (yǐnxíng)
* 隱形塗料 / 隐形涂料
* 隱形眼鏡 / 隐形眼镜 (yǐnxíng yǎnjìng)
* 隱微 / 隐微
* 隱忍 / 隐忍 (yǐnrěn)
* 隱性 / 隐性 (yǐnxìng)
* 隱性傳染 / 隐性传染
* 隱患 / 隐患 (yǐnhuàn)
* 隱情 / 隐情 (yǐnqíng)
* 隱惡揚善 / 隐恶扬善 (yǐn'èyángshàn)
* 隱惻 / 隐恻
* 隱慝 / 隐慝
* 隱憂 / 隐忧 (yǐnyōu)
* 隱戮 / 隐戮
* 隱括 / 隐括
* 隱文 / 隐文
* 隱晦 / 隐晦 (yǐnhuì)
* 隱比 / 隐比
* 隱沒 / 隐没 (yǐnmò)
* 隱淪 / 隐沦
* 隱然 / 隐然
* 隱現 / 隐现
* 隱生元 / 隐生元
* 隱痀 / 隐痀 (ún-ku) (Min Nan)
* 隱疾 / 隐疾
* 隱痛 / 隐痛 (yǐntòng)
* 隱盜 / 隐盗
* 隱睪症 / 隐睾症 (yǐngāozhèng)
* 隱瞞 / 隐瞒 (yǐnmán)
* 隱祕 / 隐秘 (yǐnmì)
* 隱秀 / 隐秀
* 隱私 / 隐私 (yǐnsī)
* 隱私權 / 隐私权 (yǐnsīquán)
* 隱約 / 隐约 (yǐnyuē)
* 隱約其辭 / 隐约其辞
* 隱者 / 隐者 (yǐnzhě)
* 隱聽 / 隐听
* 隱花植物 / 隐花植物
* 隱若敵國 / 隐若敌国
* 隱荵 / 隐荵
* 隱蔽 / 隐蔽 (yǐnbì)
* 隱藏 / 隐藏 (yǐncáng)
* 隱血 / 隐血 (yǐnxuè)
* 隱衷 / 隐衷 (yǐnzhōng)
* 隱親 / 隐亲
* 隱語 / 隐语 (yǐnyǔ)
* 隱諱 / 隐讳 (yǐnhuì)
* 隱賑 / 隐赈
* 隱跡埋名 / 隐迹埋名
* 隱跡藏名 / 隐迹藏名
* 隱身 / 隐身 (yǐnshēn)
* 隱身草兒 / 隐身草儿
* 隱身術 / 隐身术
* 隱轔 / 隐辚
* 隱退 / 隐退 (yǐntuì)
* 隱逸 / 隐逸 (yǐnyì)
* 隱遁 / 隐遁
* 隱閔 / 隐闵
* 隱間 / 隐间
* 隱隱 / 隐隐 (yǐnyǐn)
* 隱隱約約 / 隐隐约约 (yǐnyǐnyuēyuē)
* 隱頭花序 / 隐头花序
* 隱顯墨水 / 隐显墨水
* 難言之隱 / 难言之隐 (nányánzhīyǐn)
* 靈隱山 / 灵隐山
* 韜光隱跡 / 韬光隐迹
* 魯隱公 / 鲁隐公

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yìn (yin$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yìn
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yìn
*** Wade–Giles: yin$^4$
*** Yale: yìn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yinn
*** Palladius: инь (inʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /in⁵¹/
* Middle Chinese: 'j+nH
Rime :
| Character | 隱 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 欣 (57) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 於靳切 |
| Baxter | 'j+nH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʔɨn$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʔɨn$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʔiən$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʔɨn$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ʔiən$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ĭən$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʔi̯ən$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yìn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jan$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ʔ](r)ə[n]ʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*qɯns/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 隱 |
| Reading # | 2/3 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | yǐn |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ ʔjɨn$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ʔ](r)ə[n]ʔ/ |
| English | conceal |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 隱 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 15319 |
| Phonetic component | 隱 |
| Rime group | 文 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 㒚 |
| Old Chinese | /*qɯns/ |

#### Definitions

隱
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to lean upon

#### Compounds

* 隱几

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 隠 |
| Kyūjitai | 隱 |

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 隠)
* Kyūjitai form of 隠 (“to hide; to conceal”)

#### Readings

* Go-on: おん (on)
* Kan-on: いん (in)
* Kun: かくす (kakusu, 隱す)、かくれる (kakureru, 隱れる)、かくろう (kakurou, 隱ろう)、こもる (komoru, 隱る)、なばる (nabaru, 隱る)
* Nanori: お (o)、がくし (gakushi)

#### Compounds

* 隱(いん)匿(とく) (intoku)
* 隱(いん)喩(ゆ) (in'yu)
* 隱(おん)形(ぎょう) (ongyō)
* 隱(おん)身(しん) (onshin)
* 隠(かく)り身(み) (kakurimi), 隱身(かくりみ) (kakurimi)

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 隱 (MC 'j+nX).

### Hanja

隱 (eumhun 숨을 은 (sumeul eun))
* hanja form of 은 (“hide”)

#### Compounds

* 은닉 (隱匿, eunnik, “concealment”)
* 은둔 (隱遁/隱遯, eundun, “seclusion”)
* 은밀 (隱密, eunmil, “secrecy”)
* 은신 (隱身, eunsin, “hiding”)
* 은어 (隱語, euneo, “jargon, argot, slang”)
* 은연 (隱然, eunyeon, “implicity”)
* 은유 (隱喩, eunyu, “metaphor”)
* 은은 (隱隱, euneun, “being faint; indistinct; dull”)
* 은퇴 (隱退, euntoe, “retirement”)
* 은폐 (隱蔽, eunpye, “concealment”)
* 측은 (惻隱, cheugeun, “sympathy; empathy”)
* 측은지심 (惻隱之心, cheugeunjisim)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Old Korean
### Alternative forms

* 𠃍 (gugyeol abbreviation)

### Pronunciation

Conventionally reconstructed as *-n, after the Middle Korean reflexes.

### Etymology 1

From the coda consonant of Old Chinese 隱 (OC *qɯnʔ, *qɯns) or Middle Chinese 隱 (MC 'j+nX|'j+nH).

#### Phonogram

隱 (*-n)
* A consonantal phonogram denoting coda consonant *-n
    ‎白 (“hundred”, logogram) + ‎隱 (*-n, coda-marking phonogram) → ‎白隱 (*WOn, “hundred”)
    ‎千 (“thousand”, logogram) + ‎隱 (*-n, coda-marking phonogram) → ‎千隱 (*CUMUn, “thousand”)

### Etymology 2
#### Particle

隱 (*-(u)n)
* The Korean topic marker, with various nuances according to context:
** Used to mark an already known topic, to which the subsequent statement applies.
*** c. 750, 月明師 (Wolmyeongsa), “祭亡妹歌 (Jemangmae-ga)”, in 三國遺事 (Samguk Yusa) [Memorabilia of the Three Kingdoms]:生死路隱此矣有阿米次肹伊遣As life and death's paths [TOP] are present here, my way is blocked [or "I am in fear" or "I hesitate"].
*** c. 1170, Interpretive gugyeol glosses to the Avatamsaka Sutra, vol. 35, pages 1:04—05:[此]菩薩$^隱$[是]事有*i PWO.SAL-un i IL Is-un to-lwoGiven that this Bodhisattva [TOP] has this matter(N.B. Gugyeol glyphs are given in non-abbreviated forms. Bracketed terms were ignored when read.)
*** c. 1250, Interpretive gugyeol glosses to the Golden Light Sutra:佛$^隱$[言]善男子$^良$五種法依*PWUTHYE-n nwoy-si-l SYEN.NAM.CO-ya WO.CYONG.PEP-ur UY[?]-aAs for the Buddha, his [honored] sayings: "O good men! Rely on the Five Laws, and..."(N.B. Gugyeol glyphs are given in non-abbreviated forms. Bracketed terms were ignored when read.)
** Used in comparative or contrastive constructions.
*** 765, 忠談師 (Chungdamsa), “安民歌 (Anmin-ga)”, in 三國遺事 (Samguk Yusa) [Memorabilia of the Three Kingdoms]:君隱父也臣隱愛賜尸母史也*NIMKUM-un AP-ye SIN-un TOSU-si-lq Esi-yeThe sovereign [TOP] is a father; the ministers [TOP] are loving mothers
*** c. 1250, Interpretive gugyeol glosses to the Golden Light Sutra, page 7.14:法身$^隱$虛空如智慧$^隱$大雲如As for the dharmakāya, it is akin to emptiness, and as for wisdom, it is like a great cloud, so […] (N.B. Gugyeol glyphs are given in non-abbreviated forms. Bracketed terms were ignored when read.)
** Used with an emphatic sense.
*** c. 1250, Interpretive gugyeol glosses to the Golden Light Sutra, pages 8.15—16:[於]十地智波羅蜜行向*SIP.TI-akuy-n TI.PA.LA.MIL-ur HOYNG.HYANG-ho-kye-ms-taIndeed in the ten bhūmis, it is fitting that one constantly practices the wisdom pāramitā(N.B. Gugyeol glyphs are given in non-abbreviated forms. Bracketed terms were ignored when read.)

##### Usage notes

In Middle and Modern Korean, the allomorph taken by the topic marker after a vowel may be 는 (-neun) instead of ㄴ (-n), especially in formal speech. This is the result of reduplication of the topic marker at some point and may not have been present in Old Korean, although the phonologically opaque nature of the orthography makes it difficult to tell.

##### Descendants

* Middle Korean: 은〮 (-(ú)n, topic marker)
** Early Modern Korean: 은 (-(u)n, topic marker)
*** Korean: 은 (-(eu)n, topic marker)
** Jeju: 은 (-(eu)n, topic marker)

### Etymology 3
#### Suffix

隱 (*-(u)n)
* A realis gerund suffix:
** what is, what was, what has, etc.; used to nominalize verbs in the realis mood.
*** c. 965, 均如 (Gyunyeo), “恒順衆生歌 (Hangsunjungsaeng-ga)”, in 均如傳 (Gyunyeo-jeon) [Works of Gyunyeo]:迷火隱乙根中沙音賜焉逸良one takes as one's roots that which is confounded
*** c. 1250, Interpretive gugyeol glosses to the Yogācārabhūmi-Śāstra, page 23.05−06:說如*SEL-h-wo-n [?]-ho-lq ti-taOne acts according to what he has said(N.B. Gugyeol glyphs are given in non-abbreviated forms. Bracketed terms were ignored when read.)
** which is, which was, which has, etc.; used to make verbal adnominals in the realis mood.
*** c. 690, 得烏 (Deugo), “慕竹旨郞歌 (Mojukjirang-ga)”, in 三國遺事 (Samguk Yusa) [Memorabilia of the Three Kingdoms]:去隱春皆理米毛冬居叱沙哭屋尸以憂音*KA-n PWOM mwotoli-may / mwotol Is-sa WUL-wo-lq-lwo SILUmThe spring which has gone by, mwotoli / And [I] live miserably, by weeping and grief(The transliteration is from Nam 2019 but is heavily hypothetical.)
*** 1120, King Yejong of Goryeo, “悼二將歌 (Doijang-ga)”, in 平山申氏系譜 (Pyeongsan Sin-ssi Gyebo) [Genealogy of the Pyeongsan Sin descent group]:久乃直隱跡烏隱現乎賜丁*WOLA-na KOT-on CACHwo-n NATH-wo-si-ntyethough it was long ago, he has made apparent their legacy which is righteous

##### Descendants

* Middle Korean: 은〮 (-(ú)n, verbal realis particle, generally adnominal)
** Korean: 은 (-(eu)n, verbal past and adjectival realis adnominal suffix)
* ⇒ Middle Korean: 니〮 (-ní)
** Korean: 니 (-ni)
* ⇒ Middle Korean: 니〮 (-ní)
** ⇒ Korean: 니라 (-nira)
* ⇒ Middle Korean: 녀〮 (-nyé)
** Korean: 냐 (-nya)
* ⇒ Middle Korean: 뇨〮 (-nyó)
** Korean: 뇨 (-nyo)
* ⇒ Middle Korean: 은〮가〮 (-(ú)nká)
** Korean: 은가 (-(eu)n-ga)
** ⇒ Korean: 는가 (-neun'ga)
** ⇒ Korean: 던가 (-deon'ga)
* ⇒ Middle Korean: 은〮고〮 (-(ú)nkwó)
** Korean: 은고 (-(eu)n'go)
** ⇒ Korean: 는고 (-neun'go)
** ⇒ Korean: 던고 (-deon'go)
* ⇒ Middle Korean: 은〮대〮 (-(ú)ntáy)
** ⇒ Korean: 는데 (-neunde)
** ⇒ Korean: 던데 (-deonde)

##### See also

* 尸 (*-l, irrealis gerund)

### References

* 황선엽 (Hwang Seon-yeop) et al. (2009) 석독구결사전/釋讀口訣辭典 [Dictionary of interpretive gugyeol], Bakmunsa, →ISBN, pages 411—549

## Vietnamese
### Han character

隱: Hán Việt readings: ẩn (於(ư)謹(cẩn)切(thiết))
隱: Nôm readings: ẩn, ửng, ăng, ổn, ẳng
* chữ Hán form of ẩn (“to seclude oneself; to hide oneself”).

#### Compounds

* 隱喻 (ẩn dụ, “metaphor”)
* 隱士 (ẩn sĩ)

### References

* 1 2 Nguyễn (2014).
* 1 2 Nguyễn et al. (2009).
* 1 2 3 4 Trần (2004).
* 1 2 Bonet (1899).
* 1 2 Génibrel (1898).
* ↑ Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).
* ↑ Hồ (1976).