Kanji N1

潜: submerge, conceal, hide

潜 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning submerge, conceal, hide, written with 15 strokes. It is read セン (on) and ひそむ, もぐる, かくれる (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 潜水 (せんすい, diving) and 潜る (くぐる, to go under).

潜

Meanings

  • submerge
  • conceal
  • hide
  • lower (voice)
  • hush
Strokes15
JLPT levelN1
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#1329 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • セン

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • ひそむ
  • もぐる
  • かくれる
  • くぐる
  • ひそめる

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 潜

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 潜水せんすい

    diving; submerging; going underwater

    JLPT N1
  • 潜るくぐる

    to go under; to pass under; to go through

    JLPT N1
  • 潜入せんにゅう

    infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover

    JLPT N1
  • 潜在せんざい

    potentiality; dormancy; latency

  • 潜水艦せんすいかん

    submarine

  • 潜むひそむ

    to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed

  • 原潜げんせん

    nuclear submarine

  • 潜伏せんぷく

    concealment; hiding; ambush

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