Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high
JLPT level: N1
1329 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 15
Meaning: submerge, conceal, hide, lower (voice), hush
Kunyomi: ひそ.む もぐ.る かく.れる くぐ.る ひそ.める
Onyomi: セン
Composition: 氵 替
Radical: 水
Meaning: water
潜水 (センスイ) diving, submerging, going underwater
潜在 (センザイ) potentiality, dormancy, latency
原潜 (ゲンセン) nuclear submarine
対潜 (タイセン) antisubmarine
潜む (ひそむ) to lurk, to be hidden, to be concealed, to lie dormant, to be latent
潜る (もぐる) to dive (into or under water), to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under, to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground
潜る (くぐる) to go under, to pass under, to go through, to pass through, to dive (into or under the water), to evade, to get around, to slip past, to survive, to surmount
潜める (ひそめる) to hide, to conceal, to lower volume (of a sound or one's voice) so as not to be heard, to become quiet and inconspicuous
Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high
JLPT level: N1
1329 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 15
Meaning: submerge, conceal, hide, lower (voice), hush
Kunyomi: ひそ.む もぐ.る かく.れる くぐ.る ひそ.める
Onyomi: セン
Composition: 氵 替
Radical: 水
Meaning: water
潜水 (センスイ) diving, submerging, going underwater
潜在 (センザイ) potentiality, dormancy, latency
原潜 (ゲンセン) nuclear submarine
対潜 (タイセン) antisubmarine
潜む (ひそむ) to lurk, to be hidden, to be concealed, to lie dormant, to be latent
潜る (もぐる) to dive (into or under water), to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under, to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground
潜る (くぐる) to go under, to pass under, to go through, to pass through, to dive (into or under the water), to evade, to get around, to slip past, to survive, to surmount
潜める (ひそめる) to hide, to conceal, to lower volume (of a sound or one's voice) so as not to be heard, to become quiet and inconspicuous