Kanji

蔽

蔽

cover, shade, mantle, capsize, be ruined

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

15 strokes

Radical

艸部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

ヘイ, ヘツ, フツ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

おおう, おおい

Example sentences

隠蔽 いんぺい
会社 は 不祥事 を 隠蔽した 。

The company covered up the scandal.

手を回す てをまわす
警察 に 手を回して 、 事件 の 隠蔽 を 図った 。

He pulled strings with the police and tried to cover up the incident.

遮蔽 しゃへい
太陽 の 光 を 遮蔽 する ため に カーテン を 閉めた

I closed the curtains to block out the sunlight.

掩蔽 えんぺい
政府 は その 事実 を 掩蔽 しよう と した

The government tried to cover up the fact.

Example Vocabulary

隠蔽

いんぺい

concealment; suppression; cover-up

遮蔽物

しゃへいぶつ

遮蔽

しゃへい

to shield; to cover; to block out

隠蔽工作

いんぺいこうさく

蔽う

おおう

掩蔽

えんぺい

concealment; covering up; occultation

情報隠蔽

じょうほういんぺい

陰蔽

いんぺい

建蔽率

けんぺいりつ

隠蔽色

いんぺいしょく

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