Memory phrase for the character: 潜

潜

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Meaning

submerge, dive, hide, lurk, conceal, lower(voice)

Pronunciation

 SEN
hisomu, moguru

Explanation

 Left: water 氵, right: exchange, substitute 替 (The two husbands 夫 are during sunshine 日 [=good times] exchangeable.)

Mnemonic
 
[If you can't see] in the water the two husbands despite the sun, they are submerged or hiding.

Radicals

氵 waterThe radical sanzui 氵 is a short form of water 水
夫 husbandLike a big 大 person with another pair of arms, as caring arms.
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 Vocabulary

潜水 せんすい  diving
潜る もぐる  to drive, to pass through, to evade, to hide, to dive (into or under water)
潜入 せんにゅう  infiltration, sneaking in

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