深 – deep, heighten, intensify

11 strokesTaught in grade 3#484 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 深 means deep, heighten, intensify, strengthen. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シン (shin); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ふか.い、-ぶか.い、ふか.まる、ふか.める、み- (fukai, bukai, fukamaru, fukameru, mi). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 水 (no. 85).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	シン	shin
Kun’yomi	ふか.い	fukai
Kun’yomi	-ぶか.い	bukai
Kun’yomi	ふか.まる	fukamaru
Kun’yomi	ふか.める	fukameru
Kun’yomi	み-	mi

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・木・儿・冖.

Words using 深

深いふかいdeep (hole, forest, snow, etc.)深刻しんこくserious深まるふかまるto deepen深めるふかめるto deepen深夜しんやlate at night情深いなさけぶかいtender-hearted欲深いよくふかいgreedy

Example sentences

湖の深さはどのくらいですか。

What is the depth of the lake?

Tatoeba #174492

事態は非常に深刻である。

The situation is very serious.

Tatoeba #150759

夕闇が次第に深まっていった。

The twilight merged into darkness.

Tatoeba #79126

Kanji with the same radical

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