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淺

qiǎn, jiān

shallow

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

Components
氵 meaning component

氵  Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

  

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

戔 sound component

戔  Sound component

jiān

  

small

Evolution

淺 Bronze script Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
淺 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
淺 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
淺 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

浅 (淺) 

qiǎn

shallow, not deep; superficial; shallow; light (color)

浅 (淺) 

jiān

sound of moving water

Most common words with 淺
Freq.
Word
Meaning

浅

shallow

肤浅

skin-deep

搁浅

to run aground

浅薄

superficial

浅色

light color

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[tsʰ]e[n]ʔ

tshjenX

qiǎn

shallow


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 8.5055% of movies

2136th most common character in movies

1721st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Simplified

浅

Unicode

U+6DFA

Shuowen

“淺，不深也。从水，戔聲。”


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