Entry
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb

    concealment; hiding; covering up; suppression

    これまた政府の隠ぺい策のようです。
    This looks like another government cover-up.

Also written 隠ぺい【いんぺい】陰蔽【いんぺい】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

conceal, hide, cover

Kun
かく.すかく.しかく.れるよ.る
On
インオン
Strokes
14
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1089 of 2500
Radical
mound
WaniKani
Level 25

Built from

Used in names as

がくし

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-3-11SKIP code
2d11.3The Kanji Dictionary
7223.7Four corner code
3658deroo
96a0Unicode hex code
1-17-03JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5020Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6480New Nelson (John Haig)
713New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
873Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
502Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
645Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1313Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1410Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1511A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2074Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1374Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
41836PMorohashi
1014A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
868Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
887Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1881Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1740Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1235Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
749Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1322Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yin3Pinyin reading
eunKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
25WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

cover, shade, mantle, capsize, be ruined

Kun
おお.うおお.い
On
ヘイヘツフツ
Strokes
15
Taught
Junior high
Radical
grass

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (16)
CodeReference
2-3-12, 2-4-12SKIP code
3k12.1The Kanji Dictionary
4424.8Four corner code
853dUnicode hex code
1-42-35JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4050Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5193New Nelson (John Haig)
2523New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2991Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2084Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2358Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1119Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
31888Morohashi
2085Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
bi4Pinyin reading
pyeKorean reading