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Kanji Detail for 淺 - "shallow, few, pale"
淺
- Meaning
淺 means "shallow, few, pale."
Shallow - For water to be not deep; superficial; lacking depth; frivolous.
Few - Scarce.
Pale - For color to be light.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
shallow; not deep; superficial
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
shallow, not deep; superficial
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
sound of moving water
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
shallow, superficial
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Water that is not deep. | Anything lacking depth is called 淺. As in 淺近 (superficial), 膚淺 (shallow). | Having the meaning of superficiality. As in "shallow acquaintance, deep words" (交淺言深), meaning offering earnest advice to a casual acquaintance. | Having little accumulation is called 淺. Such as qualifications, experience, and practice—all judged by duration as deep or shallow.
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