瞒
to conceal from; to keep (sb) in the dark
15 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,800 U+7792
How 瞒 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
目 (semantic, “eye”) + 㒼 (phonetic)
How to remember it
dissemble · Heisig RSH #2940
eyeball + flower + yoke
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 㒼
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 㒼 (—) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 㒼 sound component | — | average; equivalent |
| 满 | mǎn | to fill; full, packed; satisfied |
| 蹒 | pán | to stagger, to limp |
| 螨 | mǎn | mite, insect |
Words containing 瞒
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 瞒天过海 | mán tiān guò hǎi | to cross the sea by a trick (idiom); to achieve one's aim by underhanded means |
| 实不相瞒 | shí bù xiāng mán | truth to tell; to be quite honest... |
| 隐瞒不报 | yǐn mán bù bào | to cover up (a matter that should be reported to the authorities) |
| 瞒不过 | mán bù guò | cannot conceal (a matter) from (sb) |
| 瞒上欺下 | mán shàng qī xià | to deceive one's superiors and bully one's subordinates (idiom) |
| 瞒天大谎 | mán tiān dà huǎng | enormous lie; whopper |
| 瞒报 | mán bào | to conceal or deceive in a report; to falsify by over- or underreporting |
| 瞒心昧己 | mán xīn mèi jǐ | to blot out one's conscience |
| 隐瞒 | yǐn mán | to conceal; to hide (a taboo subject); to cover up the truth |
| 瞒骗 | mán piàn | to deceive; to conceal |
| 欺瞒 | qī mán | to fool; to hoodwink; to dupe |
| 哄瞒 | hǒng mán | to deceive |
| 瞒哄 | mán hǒng | to deceive; to cheat (sb) |
| 鄋瞒 | Sōu mán | name of a state and its people in Shangdong in late Spring and Autumn period |