潜

潜

See also: 濳 and 潛

潜 U+6F5C, 潜 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6F5C ← 潛 [U+6F5B] CJK Unified Ideographs 潝 → [U+6F5D]

Translingual

Han character

潜 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 水手人日 (EQOA), composition ⿰氵替)

Derived characters

• 𢸝

References

• KangXi: page 649, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18241
• Dae Jaweon: page 1059, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1734, character 13
• Unihan data for U+6F5C

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 潜 – see 潛 (“to go under water; to move under water; to hide; to conceal; etc.”). (This character, 潜, is the simplified and variant form of 潛.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Shinjitai	潜
Kyūjitai	潛

Kanji

潜

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 潛)

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Readings

• Go-on: ぜん (zen)^{←ぜん (zen, historical)←ぜむ (zemu, ancient)}
• Kan-on: せん (sen, Jōyō)^{←せん (sen, historical)←せむ (semu, ancient)}
• Kun: かくれる (kakureru, 潜れる); くぐる (kuguru, 潜る); ひそむ (hisomu, 潜む, Jōyō); ひそめる (hisomeru, 潜める); もぐる (moguru, 潜る, Jōyō)
• Nanori: すみ (sumi)

Compounds

• 潜望(せんぼう)鏡(きょう) (senbōkyō): periscope
• 潜行(せんこう) (senkō)
• 潜在(せんざい) (senzai)
• 潜水(せんすい) (sensui)
• 潜水艇(せんすいてい) (sensuitei)
• 潜水(せんすい)夫(ふ) (sensuifu)
• 潜入(せんにゅう) (sennyū)
• 潜伏(せんぷく) (senpuku)

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Korean

Hanja

潜 • (jam) (hangeul 잠, revised jam, McCune–Reischauer cham, Yale cam)

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