Read Edit View history 潛 qián hide Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pinyin Separate values with commas qián × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 潜 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint water Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 潛 Simp strokes 潛 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 潛 Simp strokes 潛 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 潛 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 161, 747 ], [ 230, 697 ], [ 254, 656 ] ], [ [ 105, 558 ], [ 164, 512 ], [ 186, 489 ], [ 192, 473 ] ], [ [ 166, 33 ], [ 150, 63 ], [ 142, 113 ], [ 249, 383 ] ], [ [ 371, 709 ], [ 411, 705 ], [ 512, 731 ], [ 549, 732 ] ], 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275 446 244 476 249 Q 483 249 640 282 Q 662 286 675 278 Q 687 266 685 118 Q 685 78 681 66 Q 677 50 661 54 C 632 45 628 44 637 32 Z", "M 469 151 Q 475 150 486 150 Q 562 157 617 163 Q 642 166 633 180 Q 623 196 596 201 Q 569 205 471 177 C 442 169 439 154 469 151 Z", "M 462 17 Q 471 27 637 32 C 667 33 680 33 661 54 Q 654 63 638 73 Q 622 82 591 76 Q 521 61 464 52 C 434 47 435 4 462 17 Z" ] } 15 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources No sources. 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