shēn

deep

Ancient variant of .

Evolution

㴱 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
㴱 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
㴱 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
㴱 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Definitions

 

(ancient form of ) deep, profound, far, very; extremely

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shēn

old variant of [shēn]

Most common words with 㴱
Freq.
Word
Meaning

deep

深刻

profound

深入

thorough

深圳

Shenzhen subprovincial city in Guangdong, special economic zone close to Hong Kong

深处

abyss

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 59.6668% of movies

725th most common character in movies

401st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Unicode

U+3D31

Shuowen

“深,水。出桂陽南平,西入營道。从水,罙聲。”


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