Entry
  1. Godan verb with 'ku' ending

    to be underwater from the neck down; to collect shells, seaweed, etc. by diving under the water

    Usually written using kana aloneArchaic

  2. to force something under the surface of the water

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Characters in this word

1
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

submerge, conceal, hide, lower (voice), hush

Kun
ひそ.むもぐ.るかく.れるくぐ.るひそ.める
On
セン
Strokes
15
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1329 of 2500
Radical
water
WaniKani
Level 41

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Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-3-12SKIP code
3a12.6The Kanji Dictionary
3516.3Four corner code
378deroo
6f5cUnicode hex code
1-32-88JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2703Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3337New Nelson (John Haig)
746New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
922Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
521Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
680Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
844Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
907Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1302A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2272Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1458Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
18241Morohashi
1497A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
937Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
967Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1501Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1779Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1393Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1251Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
852Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
qian2Pinyin reading
jamKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
41WaniKani level