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潜 = 替 + 水
潜 is a Japanese kanji written with 15 strokes, listed here under the keyword “submerge”. It is built from 替 (exchange) and 水 (water). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 907.
- Keyword
- submerge
- RTK frame
- 907
- Strokes
- 15
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- セン
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- ひそ.む, もぐ.る, かく.れる, くぐ.る, ひそ.める
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- погружаться
- Same glyph as a simplified Chinese hanzi
- 潜 hide
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 潜 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “exchange” + “water”. 潜 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 潜 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.