浅

See also: 淺

浅 U+6D45, 浅 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6D45 ← 浄 [U+6D44] CJK Unified Ideographs 浆 → [U+6D46]

Translingual

Traditional	淺
Shinjitai	浅
Simplified	浅

Han character

浅 (radical 85, 水+5 in Chinese, 水+6 in Japanese, 8 strokes in Chinese, 9 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 水戈十 (EIJ), composition ⿰氵戋(G) or ⿰氵㦮(J))

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 619, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17452
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1579, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6D45

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Simplified from 淺 (戔 → 戋)

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 浅 – see 淺 (“shallow; not deep; superficial; surface; minimal; insignificant; etc.”). (This character, 浅, is the simplified form of 淺.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Shinjitai	浅
Kyūjitai	淺

Kanji

浅

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 淺)

1. shallow
2. superficial
3. frivolous
4. wretched
5. shameful

Readings

• Go-on: せん (sen, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: せん (sen, Jōyō)
• Kun: あさい (asai, 浅い, Jōyō)

Compounds

• 浅学(せんがく) (sengaku)
• 浅薄(せんぱく) (senpaku)
• 浅慮(せんりょ) (senryo)
• 浅(あさ)葱(つき) (asatsuki), 浅(あさ)葱(ぎ) (asagi), 浅(あさ)葱(ぎ)色(いろ) (asagiiro)
• 浅(あさ)瀬(せ) (asase)