U+6F5B "潛" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+6F5B "潛" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "to dive," "to submerge," or "to conceal," often used in contexts involving water, depth, or hidden activity. In classical and modern Chinese, as well as in Japanese and Korean, it appears in words related to submarine exploration (as in "潛水" meaning "diving"), latent potential (such as "潛力" meaning "potential"), or stealthy movement (like "潛伏" meaning "to lurk"). The character combines the water radical (氵) with the phonetic component "替," reflecting its association with liquid submersion. Historically, it has been used in literary works to describe dragons hiding in deep waters or scholars retreating from public life, symbolizing hidden strength or unseen preparation.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
潛 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
潛 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE6 0xBD 0x9B |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x6F5B |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00006F5B |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u6f5b |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive |
BCE7 |
| kCCCII |
214874 |
| kCNS1986 |
1-6D51 |
| kCNS1992 |
1-6D51 |
| kCangjie |
EMUA |
| kCantonese |
cim4 |
| kCihaiT |
831.201 |
| kCowles |
4753 |
| kDaeJaweon |
1059.040 |
| kDefinition |
hide; hidden, secret, latent |
| kEACC |
214874 |
| kFanqie |
昨鹽 慈豔 |
| kFenn |
801I |
| kFennIndex |
65.04 |
| kFourCornerCode |
3416.1 3516.1 |
| kGradeLevel |
4 |
| kGSR |
0660n |
| kHangul |
잠:0E |
| kHanYu |
31739.020 31740.010 |
| kHanyuPinlu |
qián(38) |
| kHanyuPinyin |
31739.020,31740.010:qián |
| kHKGlyph |
2315 |
| kIICore |
ATHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon |
1059.040 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian |
31740.010 |
| kIRGKangXi |
0652.321 |
| kIRG_GSource |
G1-4731 |
| kIRG_HSource |
HB1-BCE7 |
| kIRG_JSource |
J0-5F2A |
| kIRG_KPSource |
KP0-E6D8 |
| kIRG_KSource |
K0-6D56 |
| kIRG_TSource |
T1-6D51 |
| kIRG_VSource |
V1-5D48 |
| kJapanese |
ゼン セン ひそむ |
| kKoreanEducationHanja |
2007 |
| kJapaneseKun |
HISOMU MOGURU |
| kJapaneseOn |
SEN |
| kJis0 |
6310 |
| kKangXi |
0649.090 |
| kKorean |
CAM |
| kLau |
303 |
| kMandarin |
qián |
| kMatthews |
918 |
| kMojiJoho |
MJ015907 MJ015907:E0103 MJ015910:E0104 MJ015909:E0105 MJ015908:E0106 MJ015911:E0107 |
| kMorohashi |
18240 18240:E0103 |
| kNelson |
2713 |
| kPhonetic |
25 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 |
C+5509+85.3.12 V+20164+85.3.14 V+20165+85.3.14 |
| kRSUnicode |
85.12 |
| kSBGY |
227.43 444.21 |
| kSemanticVariant |
U+6F5C<kMatthews |
| kSimplifiedVariant |
"潜" U+6F5C CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index |
384.13 386.13 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings |
qián粵cim4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph |
3383 |
| kTang |
*dzhiɛm |
| kTotalStrokes |
15 |
| kUnihanCore2020 |
HJKMPT |
| kVietnamese |
tiềm |
| kXerox |
250:373 |
| kXHC1983 |
0913.031:qián |