Chinese Character Wiki

湛

zhàn

deep

A deep 甚 lake 氵; 甚 also provides the pronunciation

Components
氵 meaning component

氵  Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

  

water

甚 sound,meaning component

甚  Sound Meaning component

shén, shèn

  

extremely

Evolution

湛 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
湛 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
湛 Clerical script Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)

Clerical script

Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)
湛 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

湛  

zhàn

deep; profound; clear; tranquil, placid; clear (water)

湛  

Zhàn

surname Zhan

Most common words with 湛
Freq.
Word
Meaning

精湛

consummate

湛蓝

azure

湛江

Zhanjiang prefecture level city in Guangdong province 廣東省|广东省[Guǎng​dōng​shěng] in south China

湛

deep

湛江市

Zhanjiang prefecture level city in Guangdong province 廣東省|广东省[Guǎng​dōng​shěng] in south China

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3189th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Unicode

U+6E5B

Shuowen

“湛，沒也。从水，甚聲。一曰湛水，豫章浸。，古文。”


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