Chinese Character Wiki
深

shēn

deep

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 罙 represents the sound.

Components
氵 meaning component

氵  Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

  

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

罙 sound,meaning component

罙  Sound Meaning component

shēn

  

deep

Evolution

深 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
深 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
深 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
深 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
深 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

深  

shēn

deep; depth; far; very, extreme; deeply; (of a color) dark; rich

深 (㴱) 

shēn

old variant of 深[shēn]

Most common words with 深
Freq.
Word
Meaning

深

deep

深刻

profound

深入

thorough

深圳

Shenzhen subprovincial city in Guangdong, special economic zone close to Hong Kong

深处

abyss

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[l̥][ə]m

syim

shēn

deep

*[l̥][ə]m-s

syimH

shēn

depth


Statistics

HSK level 3

Appears in 59.6668% of movies

725th most common character in movies

401st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+6DF1

Shuowen

“深，水。出桂陽南平，西入營道。从水，罙聲。”


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