深 — deep, profound
しん
深
deep
しん
U+6DF1
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #484
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #1333
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
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Meanings
- deep
- profound
Readings
- On'yomi
- しん shin
- Kun'yomi
- ふか fuka み mi ぶか buka
word
しん shin On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
ふか ・ぶか fuka Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
Words by frequency and grade
17 wordsEach dot is a word containing 深: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.
S = secondary school · 6 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.
Appears in idioms
Components
Composed of
Phono-semantic compound (形声). 氵 (water) gives the semantic field. The right side provides the reading shin. Deep water — profound depth. Pairs with 浅 (shallow).