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Kanji Detail for 深 - "deep, profound, late"

深

  • Meaning

    深 means "deep, profound, late."

    1. Deep - Having great depth.

    2. Profound - Having deep meaning.

    3. Late - Advanced in time (night).

  • Words using 深

    • 深刻 しんこく Listen serious; severe; grave
    • 深夜 しんや Listen late at night
    • 深める ふかめる Listen to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
    • 水深 すいしん Listen depth of water
    • 深刻化 しんこくか Listen becoming more serious or severe; aggravation; intensification
    • 深まる ふかまる Listen to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
    • 深山 みやま Listen mountain recesses; heart of the mountains; (place) deep in the mountains
    • 深海 しんかい Listen deep sea; depths of the sea; ocean depths

  • Four-character idioms with 深

    • 意味深長 いみしんちょう Listen with profound (and often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful
    • 深層心理 しんそうしんり Listen deep psyche; unconscious mind; depth psychology
    • 深山幽谷 しんざんゆうこく Listen deep mountain valleys
    • 深慮遠謀 しんりょえんぼう Listen deep design and forethought; a farsighted and deeply laid plan
    • 深謀遠慮 しんぼうえんりょ Listen far sight and deep design
    • 遠謀深慮 えんぼうしんりょ Listen deep design and forethought; farsighted and deeply-laid plan

  • Tattoo check: 深

    • Verified meaning: deep, profound, late
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read しん, ふか, ふかさき, ふかし)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 深

    Given names 深(しん)Listen 深(ふかし)Listen 深(ふかみ)Listen

    Surnames 深(ふか)Listen 深(ふかさき)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    deep; heighten; intensify; strengthen

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    deep; depth; far; very, extreme

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    old variant of 深[shen1]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    deep, profound; depth

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A term for measuring the volume of things. Taking a straight line from surface to interior, the measure is called depth (深淺). Simply called 深. As in saying "several zhang deep" or "several feet deep." | Far apart. Anything from outside to inside that is long and difficult to reach is called 深. As in 深山 (deep mountains), 深林 (deep forest), 深宮 (deep palace). | Not readily apparent. As in describing a person's demeanor as 深沈 (profound), the profound meaning of scholarship as 深奧 (abstruse). | A term for long accumulation. Referring to time. As in 春深 (deep spring), 夜深 (deep night), all meaning much time has passed. Also, the effort in learning, qualifications in handling affairs, and feelings toward others—anything accumulated over time is also called 深. | The degree of advancement. As in 深入 (deep entry), 深造 (advanced study). Anything pushed to the extreme is called 深. As in 深思遠慮 (profound thought and foresight). | Severe and harsh. As in 深文周內, meaning using the obscure meanings of law to convict people. The phrase is from History of Han. | Very. As in 深好 (greatly fond of), 深惡 (greatly dislike).

  • Onyomi

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    shin(シン) シン

  • Kunyomi

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    buka.i(ぶか-い) ぶか-い

    fuka.i(ふか-い) ふか-い

    fuka.maru(ふか-まる) ふか-まる

    fuka.meru(ふか-める) ふか-める

    mi(み) み

  • Strokes

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    11 strokes

  • Radical

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    水 氵 氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)

  • Related Keywords

    deep profound late dark intense nightfall severe serious abysmal bottomless depth erudite experienced great insightful knowledgeable meaningful penetrating sagacious significant thorough advanced

Sentences including 深

  • I'm a careful man.

  • How deep this lake is !

  • The river is deep here.

  • I took the job without giving it much thought.

  • Please listen carefully.

  • Careful as he was he made unexpected mistakes.

  • This river is deepest here.

  • What an interesting novel this is !

  • He was deeply moved by the story.

  • She fell into a deep sleep.

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