潜

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

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

氵 meaning “water” + 替 sound ( tì )

Components 氵替

submerge · Heisig RSH #1979

水 water + 替 replace

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
潜水夫病	qián shuǐ fū bìng	bends
潜山市	Qián shān Shì	Qianshan, a county-level city in Anqing City 安慶市\|安庆市[An1 qing4 Shi4], Anhui
太平洋潜鸟	Tài píng Yáng qián niǎo	(bird species of China) Pacific loon (Gavia pacifica)
有潜力	yǒu qián lì	promising; showing potential
潜水器	qián shuǐ qì	submersible
潜水者	qián shuǐ zhě	(underwater) diver
潜江市	Qián jiāng shì	Qianjiang sub-prefecture level city in Hubei
潜水夫症	qián shuǐ fū zhèng	bends
黄嘴潜鸟	huáng zuǐ qián niǎo	(bird species of China) yellow-billed loon (Gavia adamsii)
普通潜鸟	pǔ tōng qián niǎo	(bird species of China) common loon (Gavia immer)
潜水员	qián shuǐ yuán	diver; frogman
自由潜水	zì yóu qián shuǐ	freediving
潜台词	qián tái cí	unspoken dialogue in a play, left for the audience to infer; subtext; (fig.) implicit asse…
潜水服	qián shuǐ fú	diving suit; wetsuit
潜水衣	qián shuǐ yī	diving suit
潜水刀	qián shuǐ dāo	dive knife
技术潜水	jì shù qián shuǐ	technical diving
潜山	Qián shān	see 潛山市\|潜山市[Qian2 shan1 Shi4]
潜水	qián shuǐ	to dive; to go under water; (in an online forum) to lurk
潜心	qián xīn	to concentrate fully on sth; single-minded