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Kanji Detail for 甚 - "very, extreme, intense"

  • Meaning

    甚 means "very, extreme, intense."

    1. Very - To a great degree.

    2. Extreme - Going to great lengths.

    3. Intense - Of great force or degree.

  • Words using

    • 甚だ はなはだ Listen very; greatly; extremely
    • 甚だしい はなはだしい Listen extreme; excessive; terrible
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    • Verified meaning: very, extreme, intense
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read じん, じんきち, じんじ)

    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

    Given names (じん)Listen (じんきち)Listen

    Surnames (じんじ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    tremendously; very; great; exceedingly

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    great extent; considerably

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    variant of 什[shen2]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    considerably; very, extremely; a great extent

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

    Excessive. Such as saying 不為巳甚 (not being too excessive). Meaning one should not hate evil too excessively. | [Character Analysis] Top originally from 甘 (sweet). Bottom from 匹.
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Sentences including

  • The damage from the typhoon was enormous.

  • The company suffered big losses.

  • I like French food very much.

  • The prolonged drought did severe damage to crops.

  • It's quite absurd of you to tell her that sort of thing.

  • The unprecedented drought did severe damage to the wheat harvest.

  • Friendship in itself is something very vague and even in cases of same-sex friendships, it takes many shapes and is brought on by many different motives.

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