Chinese Character 潛 Meanings and components.

Form

潛

Meaning

潛 meaning[3] in English

Hidden.

Secret.

Latent.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 潛 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'water' radical in … (氵) , and if, supposing, nevertheless (朁)

Its radical[1] is: 水 (shui3) which means: Surname Shui, .水shui3surname Shui

In cangjie it is written with EMUA

How to write 潛

To write潛qian2hidden you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 朁can3if, supposing, … arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 朁 = 潛

潛 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 潛 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 潛, looks as follow:

潛
Pinyin:qian2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Hidden . Secret . Latent . To Hide . To Conceal . To Submerge . To Dive
氵
Pinyin:shui5
Meaning[3]: 'Water' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 85), Occurring In 没, 法, 流 Etc . See Also 三點水|三点水[San1 Dian3 Shui3]
朁
Pinyin:can3 Shape:咒
Meaning[3]: If, Supposing, Nevertheless
旡
Pinyin:ji4
Meaning[3]: Choke On Something Eaten
曰
Pinyin:yue1
Meaning[3]: To Speak . To Say

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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