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

Stroke order

Japan (Skip stroke 6 for simplified Chinese.)

Alternative forms

Note that Japanese shinjitai uses 㦮 (extra line above 戋) while simplified Chinese uses 戋. Due to Han unification, both simplified Chinese and Japanese shinjitai forms are encoded under the same code point. Different forms can be observed when using the appropriate font.

Glyph origin

Simplified from 淺 (戔 → 㦮) for Japanese shinjitai and simplified from 淺 (戔 → 戋) for simplified Chinese.

Han character

浅 (Kangxi 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))

Derived characters

• 𭈟

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: 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

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 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.

Japanese

Shinjitai	浅
Kyūjitai	淺

Kanji

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Category:Japanese terms spelled with 浅

浅

(Fourth grade 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) (asagīro)
• 浅(あさ)瀬(せ) (asase)