蔽 means “cover, conceal”

へい · hei

Also: shade, mantle, capsize

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

おおう, おおい

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ヘイ, ヘツ, フツ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 15 strokes

The story

Grass (艹) spread over something tattered (敝): picture a ruin hidden by creeping weeds. 蔽 lives almost entirely in 隠蔽, a cover-up, the news word for a company or ministry hiding data, and in 遮蔽, shielding.

Used in 隠蔽 (inpei, cover-up) and 遮蔽 (shahei, shielding/screening)

More from Hidden & Hazy

• 曖 dim
• 昧 dark
• 踪 trail
• 惑 be bewildered
• 密 secret
• 秘 secret
• 紛 mix in
• 隠 hide
• 潜 dive
• 覆 cover
• 披 open
• 虚 empty

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.