揜

Core senses include covering, shielding, or occluding (e.g., the mouth or eyes), and shutting an opening. In military or legal contexts, it can mean to seize, overpower, or suppress.

Closely related to 掩 (yǎn). While often interchangeable, 揜 typically emphasizes a concrete physical gesture or manual action, whereas 掩 may be used for abstract occlusion (e.g., hiding a feeling).

May appear interchangeably with 掩 in certain manuscripts.

Composed of the "hand" radical (扌) and the phonetic component 奄.

In passages involving conflict or coercion, consider translating as "seize," "suppress," or "overpower" rather than "cover."