潜
潜 — Submerge
submerge, conceal, hide, lower (voice), hush
On’yomiセン (sen)
Kun’yomiひそむ (hisomu)
Kun’yomiもぐる (moguru)
Kun’yomiかくれる (kakureru)
Kun’yomiくぐる (kuguru)
Kun’yomiひそめる (hisomeru)
Stroke order (15 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 潜
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 潜在 | せんざい senzai | potentiality; dormancy; latency |
| 潜水艦 | せんすいかん sensuikan | submarine |
| 潜む | ひそむ hisomu | to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed |
| 潜水 | せんすい sensui | diving; submerging; going underwater |
| 原潜 | げんせん gensen | nuclear submarine |
| 潜る | くぐる kuguru | to go under; to pass under; to go through |
Study notes
潜 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 15 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1329 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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