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潜
JLPT N1 15 strokes Frequency: #1329

Meanings

Submerge, Conceal, Hide, Lower (voice), Hush

Radicals

ζ°΅

Decomposition

βΏ°ζ°΅ζ›Ώ

Etymology

Pictophonetic: water

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 15

Stroke Order

1 dot bottom-right-to-top-left
2 dot bottom-to-top
3 rising bottom-to-top
4 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
5 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
6 diagonal top-to-bottom
7 dot bottom-right-to-top-left
8 horizontal right-to-left
9 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
10 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left
11 diagonal right-to-left
12 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left
13 corner bottom-right-to-top-left
14 horizontal bottom-to-top
15 horizontal bottom-to-top
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
セン sen
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
もぐ mogu
ひそ hiso
かく kaku
くぐ kugu

Words Using This Kanji

81 words total
Other (20 words)
潜水作ζ₯­ε“‘ γ›γ‚“γ™γ„γ•γŽγ‚‡γ†γ„γ‚“

diver

ζ½œζ°΄θ‰‡ せんすいてい

submersible

潜く γ‹γšγ

to be underwater from the neck down

η΄ ζ½œγ‚Š γ™γ‚‚γγ‚Š

skin diving

ε½±γ‚’ζ½œγ‚γ‚‹ かげをひそめる

to disappear

ζ½œθ„± せんだ぀

circumvention of the law

花潜 はγͺγ‚€γγ‚Š

flower chafer (any flower beetle of tribe Cetoniini)

γ―γ‚‹γ—γŠεž‹ζ½œζ°΄θ‰¦ γ―γ‚‹γ—γŠγŒγŸγ›γ‚“γ™γ„γ‹γ‚“

Harushio class submarine

γŠγ‚„γ—γŠεž‹ζ½œζ°΄θ‰¦ γŠγ‚„γ—γŠγŒγŸγ›γ‚“γ™γ„γ‹γ‚“

Oyashio class submarine

γƒžγƒ«γƒγƒ¬γƒ™γƒ«ζ½œζ°΄ γƒžγƒ«γƒγƒ¬γƒ™γƒ«γ›γ‚“γ™γ„

multilevel diving

ζΈ›εœ§ζ½œζ°΄ げんあ぀せんすい

decompression diving

ζ½œζ€§ せんせい

recessive

θŒ…ζ½œ γ‹γ‚„γγγ‚Š

Japanese accentor (Prunella rubida)

ζ½œεœ¨ε€‰ζ•° せんざいへんすう

latent variable (e.g. in statistics)

εŽŸε­εŠ›ζ½œζ°΄θ‰¦ γ’γ‚“γ—γ‚Šγ‚‡γγ›γ‚“γ™γ„γ‹γ‚“

nuclear submarine

ζ½œεœ¨ε—δΏ‘θ€… γ›γ‚“γ–γ„γ˜γ‚…γ—γ‚“γ—γ‚ƒ

potential recipient

ζ½œη†±θ“„η†± せんね぀けくね぀

latent heat storage

ζ½œγ‚Šι–€ γγγ‚Šγ‚‚γ‚“

small gate

ζ½œζ°΄θ‰¦η™Ίε°„εΌΎι“γƒŸγ‚΅γ‚€γƒ« γ›γ‚“γ™γ„γ‹γ‚“γ―γ£γ—γ‚ƒγ γ‚“γ©γ†γƒŸγ‚΅γ‚€γƒ«

submarine-launched ballistic missile

潜在精巣 せんざいせいそう

cryptorchidism