This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: セン、ひそ.む、もぐ.る、かく.れる、くぐ.る、ひそ.める
Romaji: sen, hiso.mu, mogu.ru, kaku.reru, kugu.ru, hiso.meru
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

submerge, conceal, hide, lower (voice), hush

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  15
Radical Number:  85
Frequency:  1329
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-3-12
Korean Reading:  jam
Chinese Reading:  qian2
Unicode:  6f5c
JIS:  4078

Indexes

Halpern Index: 746
Nelson Index: 2703
New Nelson Index: 3337
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3a12.6
Four Corner Index: 3516.3
Guide to Remembering Index: 1497
Gakken Index: 1302
Japanese Names Index: 2272
Daikanwanjiten Index: 18241
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 7.0267
Remembering the kanji Index: 844
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1501
Kodansha Compact Index: 1251
Kanji in Context Index: 1393
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 521
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 680
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 852
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 907
Essential Kanji Index: 1458
Kodansha Kanji Index: 922
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 378
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1779

Words

潜水 (せんすい)
diving; submerging; going underwater
潜在 (せんざい)
potentiality; dormancy; latency
潜伏 (せんぷく)
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
潜る (くぐる)
to go under; to pass under; to go through; to pass through; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to slip past; to survive; to surmount
駆潜艇 (くせんてい)
submarine chaser
潜入 (せんにゅう)
infiltration; sneaking in
潜む (ひそむ)
to lurk; to lie dormant; to be hidden; to be concealed; to be stashed
潜る (もぐる、むぐる)
to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to get in; to creep into; to crawl under; to bury oneself; to burrow into; to dig oneself into; to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself; to go underground
潜航 (せんこう)
submarine voyage; underwater navigation
潜める (ひそめる)
to hide; to conceal; to lower volume (of a sound or one's voice) so as not to be heard; to become quiet and inconspicuous
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