Memory phrase for the Kanji: 潜




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Meaning

to submerge, to dive, hidden, secret, to conceal

Pronunciation

qián

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[-light], they are submerged or hiding.

Radicals

waterSimplified from this water 水
husbandThe big 大 person with the extra 一 caring arms. (Further radicals with „person“ are: sitting 匕, sitting cross-legged 夂, lying , kneeling ⺈, skilled才, bending マ,卩 or slumped 㔾 person)
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 Vocabulary

潜力 qián lì  potential; capacity
潜艇 qián tǐng  submarine
潜水艇 qián shuǐ tǐng  submarine
潜水艇 qián shuǐ tǐng  

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