潜 — kanji meaning “submerge”
潜
submerge, conceal, hide, lower (voice), hush
- Meanings
- submerge, conceal, hide, lower (voice), hush
- On'yomi
- セン (sen)
- Kun'yomi
- ひそ.む、もぐ.る、かく.れる、くぐ.る、ひそ.める
- Strokes
- 15
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1329 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 85
- Chinese reading
- qián — Chinese character page
Words with 潜
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 潜在 | せんざい senzai | potentiality; dormancy; latency |
| 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 |
| 潜り | もぐり moguri | diving; diver |
| 原潜 | げんせん gensen | nuclear submarine |
| 潜航 | せんこう senkou | submarine voyage; underwater navigation |
| 潜行 | せんこう senkou | underwater navigation |
| 潜り込む | もぐりこむ mogurikomu | to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under) |
| 潜り | くぐり kuguri | side door; side gate; wicket gate |
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