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<WL>隐(F隱) [yǐn] hidden; 隐约 yǐnyuē faint/indistinct@@  [yìn] [wěn] cf. 隱
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<WL>隐(F隱) [yǐn] hide/conceal (隐蔽), hidden/concealed; 隐约 yǐnyuē faint/indistinct@@  [yìn] [wěn] cf. 隱
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The full form 隱(􂣛) combines 阝(阜 fù) ‘hill’, and 㥯(􁲸) yǐn ‘cautious/worried’ (phonetic); in the simple form 隐 the phonetic is abbreviated to look like 急 jí ‘urgent’.
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The simple-form character 隐 is an abbrev. of the full-form character 隱, replacing the full-form component 㥯 (14 strokes) with the roughly similar form 急 (9 strokes).
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The basic meaning is to retire, go into seclusion. Whether one does so because the 心 heart is content, or in mourning, seems to be a matter of interpretation. The 阝(阜) hills presumably would be the place where one goes to hide away. The simple form may be reinterpreted: to hide out of an 急 urgent need.
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Note: The full-form component 㥯 is no longer used as in independent character, but the simple-form component 急 jí ‘urgent’ is a relatively common character.
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Compare: 稳(穩) wěn ‘steady’ (simplified the same way); 瘾(癮) yǐn ‘addiction.
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The Shuōwén Seal form of 隐/隱(􂣛) yǐn ‘hide/conceal’ combines 阝(阜 fù) ‘mound/hill’, and 㥯(􁲸) yǐn ‘cautious/worried’ (phonosemantic): cautious/worried and so hiding, behind a mound/hill.
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Compare: 稳/穩 wěn ‘steady’; 瘾/癮 yǐn ‘addiction.
 
Compare: 急(􁳳㤂) jí ‘urgent’.
 
Compare: 急(􁳳㤂) jí ‘urgent’.
 
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