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淺

See also: 浅
淺 U+6DFA, 淺
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6DFA
← 淹
[U+6DF9] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 添 →
[U+6DFB]

Translingual

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Traditional 淺
Shinjitai 浅
Simplified 浅

Han character

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淺 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水戈戈 (EII), four-corner 33153, composition ⿰氵戔)

Derived characters

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Antonyms

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 632, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17697
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1039, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1646, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+6DFA

Chinese

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trad. 淺
simp. 浅
alternative forms 𣻝
𤄻

Glyph origin

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Characters in the same phonetic series (戔) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
殘 *zlaːn, *zaːns
戔 *zlaːn
帴 *zlaːn, *saːns, *ʔslenʔ, *ʔsleːn, *sreːd
虥 *zreːn, *zreːn, *zreːnʔ, *zraːns
盞 *ʔsreːnʔ
醆 *ʔsreːnʔ, *ʔljenʔ
琖 *ʔsreːnʔ
剗 *sʰreːnʔ
棧 *zreːnʔ, *zraːns, *zrenʔ
輚 *zreːnʔ, *zraːns
嶘 *zreːnʔ
錢 *ʔslenʔ, *zlen
俴 *ʔslenʔ, *zlenʔ
籛 *ʔslenʔ, *ʔslens, *ʔsleːn
淺 *sʰlenʔ, *ʔsleːn
濺 *ʔsens, *ʔseːn
踐 *zlenʔ
諓 *zlenʔ, *zlens
餞 *zlenʔ, *zlens
賤 *zlens
綫 *slens
箋 *ʔsleːn
牋 *ʔsleːn

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰlenʔ, *ʔsleːn) : semantic 氵 + phonetic 戔 (OC *zlaːn).

Pronunciation 1

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Note:
  • chhíⁿ - vernacular;
  • chhián - literary.
Note:
  • ciêng2 - Chaozhou;
  • ciang2 - Shantou.
Rime
Character 淺
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 清 (14)
Final (韻) 仙 (77)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 七演切
Baxter tshjenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡sʰiᴇnX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡sʰiɛnX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡sʰjænX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/t͡sʰianX/
Li
Rong 		/t͡sʰiɛnX/
Wang
Li 		/t͡sʰĭɛnX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/t͡sʰi̯ɛnX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		qiǎn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		cin2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 淺
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		qiǎn
Middle
Chinese 		‹ tshjenX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[tsʰ]e[n]ʔ/
English shallow

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 淺
Reading # 1/2
No. 6000
Phonetic
component 		戔
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		淺
Old
Chinese 		/*sʰlenʔ/

Definitions

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淺

  1. shallow; not deep
    Antonym: 深 (shēn)
  2. superficial; surface; minimal; insignificant
  3. simple; easy-to-understand
  4. not intimate; distant
  5. (of colours) light; pale
    Synonym: 淡
    Antonyms: 深 (shēn), 濃／浓 (nóng)
  6. (of time) short; not long
  7. (of level) slight; light

Compounds

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Pronunciation 2

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Rime
Character 淺
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 精 (13)
Final (韻) 先 (85)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 則前切
Baxter tsen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡sen/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡sen/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡sɛn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/t͡sɛn/
Li
Rong 		/t͡sen/
Wang
Li 		/t͡sien/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/t͡sien/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jiān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zin1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 淺
Reading # 2/2
No. 6017
Phonetic
component 		戔
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		箋
Old
Chinese 		/*ʔsleːn/

Definitions

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淺

  1. † Only used in 淺淺／浅浅 (qiǎnqiǎn, “gurgle; babble of running water”).

Japanese

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Shinjitai

浅

Kyūjitai

淺

Kanji

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淺

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 浅)

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Readings

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

Korean

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Hanja

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淺 • (cheon) (hangeul 천, revised cheon, McCune–Reischauer ch'ŏn, Yale chen)

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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淺: Hán Nôm readings: thiển, sẻn, tiên

  1. understandable
  2. shallow
  3. narrow-minded
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