淺

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

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

References

  • KangXi: 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

trad. 淺
simp. 浅

Glyph origin

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

Pronunciation 1


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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡sʰiᴇnX/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡sʰiɛnX/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡sʰjænX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sʰianX/
Li
Rong
/t͡sʰiɛnX/
Wang
Li
/t͡sʰĭɛnX/
Bernard
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

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 (dàn)
    Antonyms: 深 (shēn), 濃/浓 (nóng)
  6. (of time) short; not long
  7. (of level) slight; light

Compounds

Pronunciation 2



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
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
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

淺

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

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)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

淺: Hán Nôm readings: thiển, sẻn, tiên

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