Chinese Character 潜 Meanings and components.

Form

潜

Meaning

潜 meaning[3] in English

Hidden.

Secret.

Latent.

View more meanings of 潜 in English

Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 潜 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'water' radical in … (氵) , and to substitute for (替)

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

In cangjie it is written with EQOA

How to write 潜

To write潜qian2hidden you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 替ti4to substitute … arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 替 = 潜

潜 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

潜
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]
替
Pinyin:ti4 Shape:咒
Meaning[3]: To Substitute For . To Take The Place Of . To Replace . For . On Behalf Of . To Stand In For
夫
Pinyin:fu1 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Husband . Man . Manual Worker . Conscripted Laborer (Old)
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
大
Pinyin:da4
Meaning[3]: Big . Huge . Large . Major . Great . Wide . Deep . Older (Than) . Oldest . Eldest . Greatly . Very Much . (Dialect) Father . Father'S Elder Or Younger Brother
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

  • Wiktionary Page for 潜in English or Chinese