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Mythic Mandarin

隐居 (yǐn jū): meaning and stroke order

隐居 (yǐn jū) means to live in seclusion.

隐居

Simplified
隐居
Traditional
隱居
Pinyin
yǐn jū

Stroke order of 隐居

隐

  • yǐn (bound form) secret; hidden; concealed; crypto-
  • yìn to lean upon
  • 11 strokes
  • Traditional form: 隱

Stroke by stroke

居

  • Jū surname Ju
  • jī (archaic) sentence-final particle expressing a doubting attitude
  • jū to reside; to be (in a certain position)
  • 8 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 隐居

  1. yǐn jū Traditional 隱居
    • to live in seclusion

Radicals of the characters

隐
Radical 阜 (Kangxi radical 170) · 11 strokes · 阝 on the left, 急 on the right
居
Radical 尸 (Kangxi radical 44) · 8 strokes · built from 尸 and 古

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

隐居 in our stories

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  • 有人替介子推抱不平，他却淡淡地说：“我做那件事，本来就不是为了做官。”说完，便背着老母亲去了绵山隐居。

    yǒurén tì Jiè Zǐtuī bào bùpíng tā què dàndàn de shuō wǒ zuò nà jiàn shì běnlái jiù bú shì wèile zuò guān shuōwán biàn bēi zhe lǎo mǔqīn qù le Mián Shān yǐnjū

    Someone protested the injustice on his behalf, but he said calmly, "I never did that to become an official." Then he carried his old mother on his back to live as a recluse on Mount Mian.

    From the story Cold Food Day and Qingming HSK 7–9 · Level 7

Stories using 隐居

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).