潜 – submerge, conceal, hide

15 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1329 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 潜 means submerge, conceal, hide, lower (voice), hush. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is セン (sen); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ひそ.む、もぐ.る、かく.れる、くぐ.る、ひそ.める (hisomu, moguru, kakureru, kuguru, hisomeru). It is written with 15 strokes, under radical 水 (no. 85).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
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

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 水 (Kangxi radical 85). Components: 汁・日・二・大・人・亠.

Words using 潜

潜るもぐるto dive (into or under water)潜水せんすいdiving潜入せんにゅうinfiltration

Example sentences

ロッククライミングも、海で深く潜ることもしたし、インドネシアの熱帯雨林で眠ったこともある。

I've done rock climbing and deep-sea diving and slept in an Indonesian jungle.

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この潜水時計は少し値段が高すぎます。

This diver's watch is a little too expensive.

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彼は農夫に身をやつして城下町に潜入した。

Disguising himself as a peasant, he crept into the castle town.

Tatoeba #75769

Kanji with the same radical

決法治派済活海求水減演流沢消準渡

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