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

深

  • Meaning

    深 means "deep, profound, intense."

    1. Deep - Having great depth.

    2. Profound - Having deep meaning.

    3. Late - Advanced in time (night).

  • 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).
  • Onyomitip

    shin(しん) しん

  • Kunyomitip

    fu.keru(ふける) ふける

    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

  • Strokestip

    11 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    水 氵 氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)

  • Related Keywords
    deep profound depth intense serious thorough strong far late dark concentrated extreme severe heartfelt sincere penetrating abstruse recondite bottomless immersed

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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