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潜 — 15 strokes / Radical「氵」

道
3Junior high level / 15 strokes / Radical「氵」
On
センせん · sen
Kun
ひそ.む・もぐ.る・かく.れる・くぐ.る・ひそ.めるhiso.mu · mogu.ru · kaku.reru · kugu.ru · hiso.meru
Meaning
submerge; lurk

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

氵 "water" with 替: to dive under water — to submerge, to lurk.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onセンせんsen潜水せんすい潜在的せんざいてき沈潜ちんせん
Kunひそむhisomu潜むひそむ
Kunもぐるmoguru潜るもぐる潜り込むもぐりこむ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 潜水せんすい

    diving

  • 潜在せんざい

    latent; potential

More words with this kanji

  • 潜伏せんぷく
  • 潜り戸くぐりど

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

潜在(せんざい)する力(ちから)を引(ひ)き出(だ)す。

We draw out latent ability.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

潜在潜水潜在to exi…水water没sink泌secret…浪waves湾bay湿damp川river千thousa…占occupy刋to cut仙hermit
CompoundRadicalReading

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