Chinese Character Wiki
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shēn

deep

Depicts a person exploring inside a cave (穴).

Components
穴 iconic component

穴  Iconic component

xué

  

cave

◎ iconic component

◎  Iconic component

  

characterless component

Depicts a person exploring inside a cave. The modern form looks like the unrelated character 木.

Evolution

罙 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
罙 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
罙 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
罙 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
罙 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

罙  

shēn

deep

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (1 verified)

深

Sound component in 3 characters (2 verified)

深 探 琛

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[l̥][ə]m

syim

shēn

deep


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

9094th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+7F59

Shuowen

“，深也。一曰竈突。从穴，从火，从求省。”


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