遮

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to cover up (a shortcoming); to screen off; to hide; to conceal

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

辶 meaning “walk” + 庶 sound ( shù )

Components 辶庶

screen · Heisig RSH #2245

caverns + cooking fire + road

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
一手遮天	yī shǒu zhē tiān	lit. to hide the sky with one hand; to hide the truth from the masses
遮阳板	zhē yáng bǎn	sun visor; sunshade; sunshading board
遮目鱼	zhē mù yú	milkfish (Chanos chanos)
鬼遮眼	guǐ zhē yǎn	selective blindness caused by a ghost, whereby one fails to notice obvious dangers
遮风避雨	zhē fēng bì yǔ	to give shelter from the wind and rain; to keep out the elements
遮护板	zhē hù bǎn	shield; protective board
东掩西遮	dōng yǎn xī zhē	to cover up the truth on all sides (idiom)
旁遮普省	Páng zhē pǔ shěng	Punjab province of Pakistan
遮阳	zhē yáng	to shield from the sun
遮天蔽日	zhē tiān bì rì	lit. hiding the sky and covering the earth (idiom); fig. earth-shattering; omnipresent; of…
口无遮拦	kǒu wú zhē lán	to blab; to shoot one's mouth off; to commit a gaffe
旁遮普邦	Páng zhē pǔ bāng	Punjab state in northwest India bordering Pakistan
旁遮普	Páng zhē pǔ	Punjab state of India; Punjab province of Pakistan
遮断	zhē duàn	to cut off; to interrupt; to prevent access
遮阴	zhē yīn	to provide shade
遮羞布	zhē xiū bù	loincloth; (fig.) fig leaf; CL:塊\|块[kuai4]
遮住	zhē zhù	to cover (up); to block; to obstruct; to shade
遮盖	zhē gài	to hide; to cover (one's tracks)
遮挡	zhē dǎng	to shelter; to shelter from
遮羞	zhē xiū	to cover up one's embarrassment; to hush up a scandal

Characters sharing the sound component 庶 — compare how they read.