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Kanji Detail for 潛 - "dive, hide, secretly"

潛

  • Meaning

    潛 means "dive, hide, secretly."

    1. Dive - To plunge; to go underwater.

    2. Hide - To conceal; to lurk; to go into hiding.

    3. Secretly - Covertly; stealthily.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    conceal; hide; lower (voice); hush

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    hide; hidden, secret, latent

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    hidden; secret; latent; to hide; to conceal; to submerge; to dive

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to hide; secret, latent, hidden

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To hide. Hidden in water and not visible outside. Hence deep concealment without exposure is called 深潛 (deeply hidden), 沈潛 (deeply absorbed). Thinking that can go deep is called 潛心 (absorbed). | Living in seclusion is called 潛. The virtue of a hermit is called 潛德 (hidden virtue). | Anything done without others knowing is called 潛. Growth occurring in secret is called 潛滋暗長 (growing secretly in the dark). | 潛龍 (hidden dragon). Refers to an emperor before ascending the throne. The phrase originates from (Book of Changes). | A branch of the Han River is called 潛. Hubei has Qianjiang County. | [Character analysis] Commonly written as simplified form.
  • Onyomitip

    sen(せん) せん

  • Kunyomitip

    hiso.mu(ひそむ) ひそむ

    mogu.ru(もぐる) もぐる

  • Strokestip

    16 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    水 氵 氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)

  • Related Keywords
    dive plunge underwater hide conceal lurk hiding secretly covertly stealthily
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