漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
浅: shallow, superficial
Also: frivolous, wretched, shameful
JLPT N29 strokesGrade 4Your ink: 白 Not met
- 氵water(meaning)
- 戋(sound)
氵 carries the meaning · 戋 gives the sound
9 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
センsen · on'yomi · in compounds
- 浅海せんかいshallow sea
- 浅学せんがくsuperficial knowledge
- 浅薄なせんぱくなshallow, superficial
あさいasai · kun'yomi · on its own
- 浅いあさいshallow, superficial
- 浅瀬あさせshoal, shallows, sand bar, ford
- 浅黒いあさぐろいdarkish, swarthy
- 浅はかなあさはかなfrivolous, thoughtless
- 遠浅とおあさwide shallow beach
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成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine three raindrops falling—that's sanzui! Whenever you see these three dots on the left side of a kanji, think of water, liquids, or anything that flows.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side浅 shallow · 氵
vs残 remainder · 歹In ChineseSimplified, as in Japanese · traditional 淺 · qiǎn
Japan uses the same simplified form as mainland China, 浅. Taiwan and Hong Kong write 淺.
- Simplified
- 浅 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 淺 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin qiǎn most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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