One of the best Japanese Kanji dictionary.

Share this page

Kanji Detail for 潜 - "to dive, to hide, to lurk"

潜

  • Meaning

    潜 means "to dive, to hide, to lurk."

    1. Dive - To plunge underwater; to submerge.

    2. Hide - To conceal oneself; to stay out of sight.

    3. Lurk - To remain hidden; to lie in wait.

    4. Concentrate - To focus the mind deeply.

    5. Deep - Profound; in the depths.

  • Words using 潜

    • 潜在 せんざい Listen potentiality; dormancy; latency
    • 潜水艦 せんすいかん Listen submarine
    • 潜水 せんすい Listen diving; submerging; going underwater
    • 原潜 げんせん Listen nuclear submarine
    • 潜る くぐる Listen to go under; to pass under; to go through

  • Four-character idioms with 潜

    • 潜在意識 せんざいいしき Listen subconsciousness; the subconscious

  • Tattoo check: 潜

    • Verified meaning: to dive, to hide, to lurk
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read せん, ひそか, ひそむ)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 潜

    Given names 潜(せん)Listen 潜(ひそか)Listen 潜(ひそむ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    submerge; 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

  • Onyomi

    tip

    sen(セン) セン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    hiso.meru(ひそめる) ひそめる

    hiso.mu(ひそ-む) ひそ-む

    kaku.reru(かく-れる) かく-れる

    kugu.ru(くぐ-る) くぐ-る

    mogu.ru(もぐ-る) もぐ-る

  • Strokes

    tip

    15 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    水 氵 氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)

  • Related Keywords

    to dive to hide to lurk concentrate deep secretly submerge conceal immerse plunge sneak sink covert latent underwater

Sentences including 潜

  • She lowered her voice.

  • This diver's watch is a little too expensive.

Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces

More kanji with the radical 水 氵 氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)

See all kanji with this radical →

Share This Page

Share this link via

Or copy link