Chinese Character Wiki

潜

qián

hide

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 替 represents the sound. Simplified form of 潛.

Components
氵 meaning component

氵  Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

  

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

替 sound component

替  Sound component

tì

  

take the place of, stand in for

Evolution

潜 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
潜 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
潜 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
潜 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

潜 (潛) 

qián

hide; hidden, secret, latent; hidden; secret; latent; to hide; to conceal; to submerge; to dive

Most common words with 潜
Freq.
Word
Meaning

潜力

potential

潜在

hidden

潜

hidden

潜水

to dive

潜艇

submarine

Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 22.5853% of movies

1344th most common character in movies

1112th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

15

Traditional

潛

Unicode

U+6F5C


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