Japanese symbol for “dormancy”
潜在
せんざい
Romaji: senzai
potentiality; dormancy; latency
In Japanese, dormancy is 潜在, read せんざい (senzai).
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Meanings
- n, vi, vs potentiality; dormancy; latency
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “dormancy”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 休み | やすみ yasumi | dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting) |
| 休眠 | きゅうみん kyuumin | dormancy; quiescence; diapause |
| 潜伏 | せんぷく senpuku | incubation; latency; dormancy |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 潜む | ひそむ hisomu | to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed |
| 潜伏 | せんぷく senpuku | concealment; hiding; ambush |
| 潜水 | せんすい sensui | diving; submerging; going underwater |
| 潜入 | せんにゅう sennyuu | infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover |
| 潜る | くぐる kuguru | to go under; to pass under; to go through |
| 現在 | げんざい genzai | the present; present time; now |
| 存在 | そんざい sonzai | existence; being; presence |
| 滞在 | たいざい taizai | stay; sojourn |
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