漢字Kanji · in States & Attributes
甚: tremendously, very
Also: great, exceedingly
JLPT N19 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
甘 carries the meaning · 匹 is drawn in
9 strokes
Three readings, and the words that use each
ジンjin · on'yomi · in compounds
- 甚大じんだいvery great; enormous; serious
- 激甚げきじんintense; violent; severe
- 甚句じんくjinku
はなはだhanahada · kun'yomi · on its own
- 甚だはなはだvery; greatly; extremely
はなはだしいhanahadashii · kun'yomi
- 甚だしいはなはだしいextreme; excessive; terrible
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Ideogrammic compound (會意)甘 + 匕
Source: Wiktionary, 甚 (rev. 93437111), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Sweet (甘) + a tool/base (匹). It originally suggested an "excess" of sweetness or satisfaction, evolving to mean "extreme" or "very."”
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甚 tremendously · 甘 + 匹
vs基 fundamentals · 其 + 土In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · shèn
Same form: 甚 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 甚 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 甚 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin shèn 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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