潜
conceal, hide, hush, lower (voice), submerge
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Stroke Order
15 / 15
Information
Grade:8
Strokes:15
JLPT:1
Frequency:1329
Vocabulary
セン
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 原潜 | ゲンセン | nuclear submarine |
| 潜在 | センザイ | potentiality; dormancy; latency |
| 潜水 | センスイ | diving; submerging; going underwater |
| 潜水艦 | センスイカン | submarine |
| 潜航 | センコウ | submarine voyage; underwater navigation |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 潜む | ひそむ | to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent |
| 潜る | くぐる | to go under; to pass under; to go through; to pass through; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to slip past; to survive; to surmount |
| 潜か | ひそか | secret; private; surreptitious |
| 潜り | もぐり | diving; diver; unlicensed (doctor, driver, etc.); unregistered; unqualified; outsider; stranger |
| 潜り込む | もぐりこむ | to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate |
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These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes
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