# 潜 — Conceal

Frequency rank 1269 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Rarer in this ranking, but still part of the 2,608-character published set.

More common than 麗 (Lovely), less common than 扉 (Door).

- On’yomi: せん
- Kun’yomi: ひそ
- Radical: 水 Water (Kangxi 85)
- Frequency path: Level X of XX

A tsunami on the left, with the sun and a stool on the right — the sun hides under a stool as a tsunami approaches, concealing itself from the flood.

In words:

- 潜る もぐる — (1) to drive,to pass through,(2) to evade,to hide,(3) to dive (into or under water),to go undergroun
- 潜入 せんにゅう — infiltration;sneaking in
- 潜水 せんすい — diving

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