潜 — submerge, conceal, hide

ひそむ潜 submerge

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 15 strokes

U+6F5C Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1329 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #907 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

submerge
conceal
hide
lower
hush

word

ひそ hiso Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

潜(ひそ) む hisomu to lurk

せん sen On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

潜(せん) 在(ざい) senzai latent 潜(せん) 水(すい) 艦(かん) sensuikan submarine 潜(せん) 入(にゅう) sennyuu infiltration

もぐ mogu Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

潜(もぐ) る moguru to dive

Appears in idioms

潜在意識四字熟語

submerge, exist, idea, discriminating

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

氵 water (left form)

かえ替 exchange

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#85 水 water