浅 – shallow, superficial, frivolous

9 strokesTaught in grade 4#1253 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 浅 means shallow, superficial, frivolous, wretched, shameful. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is セン (sen); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is あさ.い (asai). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 水 (no. 85).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	セン	sen
Kun’yomi	あさ.い	asai

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 水 (Kangxi radical 85). Components: 汁・戈・二.

Words using 浅

浅いあさいshallow浅ましいあさましいwretched

Example sentences

この川はあそこで浅くなっている。

This river becomes shallow at that point.

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Kanji with the same radical

決法治派済活海求水減演流沢消準渡

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