Kanji1 / 15
潜 kanji
submerge, conceal, hide, lower (voice), hush
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N2 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 15
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
セン
Kun readings
ひそむもぐるかくれるくぐるひそめる
Variant forms
潛濳Words with 潜
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —特殊潜航艇special purpose submarine (esp. Japanese midget submarines used in WWII)
- —潜望鏡深度periscope depth
- —潜水作業員diver
- —潜在受信者potential recipient
- —対潜哨戒機antisubmarine patrol plane
- —便潜血検査fecal occult blood test; FOBT
- —潜在成長率potential growth rate (of an economy)
- —攻撃型潜水艦attack submarine
- —原子力潜水艦nuclear submarine
- —潜伏キリシタンunderground Christian; secret Christian (during the Edo period)
- —はるしお型潜水艦Harushio class submarine
- —おやしお型潜水艦Oyashio class submarine
- —マルチレベル潜水multilevel diving
- —潜水艦発射弾道ミサイルsubmarine-launched ballistic missile; SLBM