潜

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.

潜 character breakdown

潜
- 替
  - 夫
    - 一
    - 二
      - 一
    - 人
      - 丿
      - ㇏
    - 大
      - 一
      - 人
        
        丿
        
        ㇏
  - 日
    - 一
    - 囗
  - 曰
    - 一
    - 囗
- 氵
  - ⺀
    - 丶
  - ㇀

替

tì = ti + Ø4

to substitute for / to take the place of / to replace / for / on behalf of / to stand in for

替 = 夫 + 夫 + 日 : Mother Teresa (ti) wants to replace (替) the sun (日) to become the center of the universe. In the space station's bathroom (Ø4) she instructs two construction workers (夫夫) to throw her right towards the sun, so that Mother Teresa can box her out of orbit.

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.