Kanji

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:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: water

Examples

Onyomi Examples

センスイ diving, submerging, going underwater

センザイ potentiality, dormancy, latency

ゲンセン nuclear submarine

タイセン antisubmarine

Kunyomi Examples

ひそむ to lurk, to be hidden, to be concealed, to lie dormant, to be latent

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

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

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