潜 — Chinese character
潜
qián
to hide; secret, latent, hidden
- Pinyin
- qián
- Radical
- 85 ⽔ (Water)
- Strokes
- 15
- Components
- 氵 替
- Formation
- pictophonetic — water; meaning component 氵; sound component 替
- Traditional
- 潛
- Japanese
- 潜 as a kanji
Common words with 潜
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 潜力 (潛力) | qián lì | potential; latent capacity |
| 潜在 (潛在) | qián zài | hidden; potential |
| 潜艇 (潛艇) | qián tǐng | a submarine |
| 潜水 (潛水) | qián shuǐ | to dive; to go under water |
| 潜入 (潛入) | qián rù | to submerge; to infiltrate |
| 潜伏 (潛伏) | qián fú | to hide; to cover up |
| 潜能 (潛能) | qián néng | potential; hidden capability |
| 潜意识 (潛意識) | qián yì shí | unconscious mind; subconscious mind |
| 核潜艇 (核潛艇) | hé qián tǐng | nuclear submarine |
| 潜规则 (潛規則) | qián guī zé | unspoken rules (usually ones that codify improper behaviors such as leveraging guanxi to get favorable treatment, or coercing employees for sexual favors) |
| 潜逃 (潛逃) | qián táo | to abscond; to slink off |
| 潜质 (潛質) | qián zhì | potential |
English words written with 潜
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.