What is the Kanji for "Dive", "Conceal", and "Lurk"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Dive", "Conceal", and "Lurk", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Dive", "Conceal", and "Lurk" is "潜".

This kanji has 4 readings:

Its kunyomi readings are "Hiso", "Mogu", and "Kugu".

Its onyomi reading is "Sen".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The radical "氵" means "Water" . And The kanji "替" means "Replace" and "Exchange" and can be read as "Tai" and "Ka".

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "潜" mean in japanese?

"潜" means "Dive", "Conceal", and "Lurk".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Junior Highschool, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N1 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

潜る: "Dive". The verb '潜る (もぐる)' means 'to dive'. It is used to describe the action of submerging oneself underwater, either voluntarily or involuntarily. This verb can be used for activities like swimming, scuba diving, or even getting submerged in a liquid. For example: The swimmer dove into the pool - (泳ぎ手が池に潜った). I dove into the warm bath - (私は暖かいお湯に潜った).

潜める: "Conceal" or "Hide". The verb '潜める (ひそめる)' means 'to conceal' or 'to hide'. It is used to describe the action of keeping something out of sight or preventing it from being revealed or discovered. For example: He concealed his true feelings - (彼は本当の気持ちを潜めていた). We hid the treasure in the cave - (私たちは宝物を洞窟に潜めた).

潜む: "Lurk". The Japanese verb '潜む (ひそむ)' means 'to lurk'. This verb describes the action of hiding or concealing oneself, often while waiting or watching for something. It can be used to describe the behavior of people, animals, or even inanimate objects that are hidden from view. For example: The cat is lurking under the table - (猫が机の下に潜んでいる). The spy was lurking in the shadows - (スパイが影に潜んでいた).

潜在: "Latent". The noun '潜在 (せんざい)' means 'latent'. It refers to something that exists in a dormant or hidden state, waiting to be activated or realized. This can apply to skills, abilities, or qualities that a person or thing possesses but are not currently being expressed or utilized. For example: He has a latent talent for music - (彼には音楽の潜在的な才能がある). The company has latent potential for growth - (その企業には成長の潜在的な可能性がある).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "せ" is read as "se". The hiragana "ん" is read as "n". The hiragana "ひ" is read as "hi". The hiragana "そ" is read as "so". The hiragana "も" is read as "mo". The hiragana "ぐ" is read as "gu". And The hiragana "く" is read as "ku".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.