捂
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to enclose; to cover with the hand (one's eyes, nose or ears); to cover up (an affair); contrary; to contradict
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 手 +7
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 捂
- Common rank
- #5,057
- Unicode
- U+6342
Formation & memory
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How 捂 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
To resist 吾 by hand 扌; 吾 also provides the pronunciation
Words with 捂
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 捂脸 | to cover one's face with one's hand(s); to facepalm | |
| 捂住 | to cover (typically by placing a hand over sb's mouth, nose or ears etc) |