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Translingual
Han character
潜 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 水手人日 (EQOA), composition ⿰氵替)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: 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
Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 潜 – see 潛 (“to go under water; to move under water; to hide; to conceal; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 潛). |
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Japanese
Kanji
潜
(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 潛)
- to go under water; to move under water
- to hide, to conceal
- latent, hidden, invisible
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)、かくす (kakusu, 潜す)、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
Korean
Hanja
潜 • (jam) (hangeul 잠, revised jam, McCune–Reischauer cham, Yale cam)
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