潛

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

潜 = 替 + 氵 : 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

潛
- 朁
  - 旡
  - 曰
    - 一
    - 囗
- 氵
  - ⺀
    - 丶
  - ㇀

朁

cǎn = c + an3

if, supposing, nevertheless

氵

shuǐ = shu + ei3

"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]

氵 = ⺀ + ㇀ : 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.

潛

潛 character breakdown

Characters with 潛 as component

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Sentences with 潛