淺

See also: 浅

Translingual

Traditional	淺
Shinjitai	浅
Simplified	浅

Han character

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

Antonyms

• 深 (deep)

References

• 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

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Chinese

trad.		淺
simp.		浅

Glyph origin

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

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 淺

1. shallow; not deep

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2. superficial; surface; minimal; insignificant
3. simple; easy-to-understand
4. not intimate; distant
5. (of colours) light; pale

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6. (of time) short; not long
7. (of level) slight; light

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiān (jian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jian
    • Wade–Giles: chien¹
    • Yale: jyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jian
    • Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zin¹
    • Yale: jīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsen

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/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zin1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsleːn/

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

(deprecated template usage) 淺

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

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Shinjitai	浅
Kyūjitai	淺

Kanji

淺

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 浅)

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Readings

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

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 淺 (thiển, sẻn, tiên)

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