shēn
deep
Depicts a person exploring inside a cave (穴).
Components
Evolution

Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Component uses
Meaning component in 1 character (1 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[l̥][ə]m | syim | shēn | deep |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
9094th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 8 |
Unicode | U+7F59 |
Shuowen | “,深也。一曰竈突。从穴,从火,从求省。” |
Sources
李学勤《字源》p.666
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