漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
潜: submerge, conceal
Also: hide, lower (voice), hush
JLPT N115 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
氵 carries the meaning · 替 gives the sound
15 strokes
Three readings, and the words that use each
センsen · on'yomi · in compounds
- 潜在せんざいpotentiality; dormancy; latency
- 潜水せんすいdiving; submerging; going underwater
- 原潜げんせんnuclear submarine
- 潜水艦せんすいかんsubmarine
ひそむhisomu · kun'yomi · on its own
- 潜むひそむto lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed
くぐるkuguru · kun'yomi
- 潜るくぐるto go under; to pass under; to go through
Also read もぐる, かくれる, ひそめる, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine three raindrops falling—that's sanzui! Whenever you see these three dots on the left side of a kanji, think of water, liquids, or anything that flows.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSimplified, as in Japanese · traditional 潛 · qián
Japan uses the same simplified form as mainland China, 潜. Taiwan and Hong Kong write 潛.
- Simplified
- 潜 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 潛 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin qián most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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