潛 (qián)
To dive; hidden/potential.
How 潛 is written
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Traditional
- 潛
- Simplified
- 潜
Components
- 氵 water
- 兓 N/A
- 日 sun/day
Common words using 潛
- 潛伏 qiánfú
- to hide; to cover up; to conceal
- 潛力 qiánlì
- potential; capacity
- 潛能 qiánnéng
- potential; hidden capability
- 浮潛 fúqián
- to snorkel; snorkeling
- 潛入 qiánrù
- to submerge; to infiltrate; to steal into
- 潛台詞 qiántáicí
- unspoken words in a play (i.e. unambiguously hinted at, but not spoken)
- 潛在 qiánzài
- hidden; potential; latent
- 潛心 qiánxīn
- to concentrate fully on sth; single-minded
- 潛意識 qiányìshí
- unconscious mind; subconscious mind; subconsciousness
- 潛水 qiánshuǐ
- to dive; to go under water; lurker (Internet slang for sb who reads forum posts but never replies)
- 潛水艇 qiánshuǐtǐng
- submarine
- 潛移默化 qiányímòhuà
- imperceptible influence; to influence secretly
潛 in a sentence
墾丁是台灣著名的潛水勝地。
Kěndīng shì Táiwān zhùmíng de qiánshuǐ shèngdì.
“Kenting is a famous diving spot in Taiwan.”
How common is 潛?
潛 is the 1,110th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 90.8% of all running text.
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