hidden / secret / latent / to hide / to conceal / to submerge / to dive

= + : The Queen of Hearts (qi) emptied her water bottle (氵) and is aiming to replenish (替) it in the anthill's kitchen (an2). Secretly (潜) she fills her water bottle by submerging (潜) it in a big water-filled flower pot.

潛 character breakdown

if, supposing, nevertheless
"water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85), occurring in 沒|没[mei2], 法[fa3], 流[liu2] etc / see also 三點水|三点水[san1 dian3 shui3]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a bottle of water. Sheldon Shrimp (shu) enjoys a bottle of water (氵) in the Eiffel Tower's living room (ei3). The got the water by scratching (㇀) a blossom (⺀) and catching the leaking dew in a bottle.

Characters with 潛 as component

潛 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 潛

to abscond / to slink off
potential / hidden capability
unspoken dialogue in a play, left for the audience to infer / subtext / (fig.) implicit assertion
hidden beneath the surface / buried and concealed
imperceptible influence / to influence secretly
diving / esp. skin diving
to submerge / to subduct (of tectonic plates)
to devote oneself to a task in silence (idiom)
to slink / to move stealthily / to advance through the water
unspoken rules (usually ones that codify improper behaviors such as leveraging guanxi to get favorable treatment, or coercing employees for sexual favors)
Qianjiang sub-prefecture level city in Hubei
to sneak up on
intangible changes / unnoticed transformation / changes behind the scenes
gleysol (soil taxonomy)
Qianjiang sub-prefecture level city in Hubei

Sentences with 潛

潛 currently does not appear in any sentence.