深圳
Chinese
| deep; profound | furrow in field, small drainage | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (深圳) | 深 | 圳 | |
| simp. #(深圳) | 深 | 圳 | |

Map including Shenzhen (labeled as Shen-ch'üan (Shumchün) 深圳) (AMS, 1954)
Etymology
Originally as 深圳墟 (“Shenzhen Market”) and referred to a market town located in present-day Dongmen, Luohu District, Shenzhen. The name is first attested in Gazetteer of Xin'an County (新安縣志) [1688].
In 1979, Bao'an County (寶安縣/宝安县) of Guangdong was renamed and changed to Shenzhen City (深圳市).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
深圳
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 深 | 圳 |
| しん Grade: 3 |
せん Hyōgaiji |
| on’yomi | kan’yōon |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 深セン |
Etymology
Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 深圳 (Shēnzhèn). Sen is not an expected on-reading of 圳 and may derive from 川's on-reading of sen, which serves as a kan'yoon reading.
Also, the character "圳" isn't included in the first Japanese encoding system (due to its inclusion in the JIS X 0213 encoding), so the city name is commonly written as 深セン.
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