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)

Derived characters

• 䔐 𠽈 𬉰 𭼥

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

Chinese

trad.		淺
simp.		浅
alternative forms		𣻝 𤄻

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

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): qiǎn (qian³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˇ

  (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): qiàn

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): cin²

  (Dongguan, Jyutping++): cin²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ten²

• Gan (Wiktionary): 'qien³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chhién

  (Hailu, HRS): cien^ˊ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): qiên³

• Jin (Wiktionary): qie²
• Northern Min (KCR): chǐng
• Eastern Min (BUC): chiēng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ceng³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhíⁿ / chhián

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ciêng² / ciang²

• Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): cin²
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵chi
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): cienn³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien³
    • Yale: chyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chean
    • Palladius: цянь (cjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn²¹⁴/
  • (Xi'an)
    • Guanzhong Pinyin: qiàn
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiã⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cin²
    • Yale: chín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin²
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn³⁵/
  • (Dongguan, Guancheng)
    • Jyutping++: cin²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰin³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ten²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰen⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: 'qien³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈt͡ɕʰiɛn²¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhién
    • Hakka Romanization System: qien^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qian³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯en³¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: cien^ˊ
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰien²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: qiên³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡ɕʰiɛn³¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: qie²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕʰie⁵³/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: chǐng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiŋ²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: chiēng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰieŋ³³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ceng³
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: chêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛŋ⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ceng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛŋ³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhíⁿ / chhián
    • Tâi-lô: tshínn / tshián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chvie, chiern
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰĩ⁵³/, /t͡sʰiɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰĩ⁵⁵⁴/, /t͡sʰiɛn⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰĩ⁵³/, /t͡sʰiɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰĩ⁵³/, /t͡sʰiɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰĩ⁴¹/, /t͡sʰiɛn⁴¹/

Note:

• chhíⁿ - vernacular;
• chhián - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: ciêng² / ciang²
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshiéng / tshiáng
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰieŋ⁵²/, /t͡sʰiaŋ⁵²/

Note:

• ciêng2 - Chaozhou;
• ciang2 - Shantou.

• Southern Pinghua
  • (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
    • Jyutping++: cin²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰin³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵chi
    • MiniDict: chi^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²qi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕʰi³⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: cienn³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /t͡sʰi̯ẽ⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /t͡ɕʰi̯ẽ⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: tshjenX

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
Baxter	tshjenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰiᴇnX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰiɛnX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰjænX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰianX/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰiɛnX/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰĭɛnX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰi̯ɛnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cin2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[tsʰ]e[n]ʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰlenʔ/

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

   Antonyms: 深 (shēn), 濃 / 浓 (nóng)

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

Compounds

• 不淺 / 不浅
• 不知深淺 / 不知深浅
• 中途擱淺 / 中途搁浅
• 交情匪淺 / 交情匪浅
• 交淺言深 / 交浅言深 (jiāoqiǎnyánshēn)
• 低淺 / 低浅
• 分淺緣慳 / 分浅缘悭
• 分淺緣薄 / 分浅缘薄
• 危淺 / 危浅 (wēiqiǎn)
• 受害不淺 / 受害不浅
• 受益匪淺 / 受益匪浅
• 大淺盤 / 大浅盘
• 學淺才疏 / 学浅才疏
• 學疏才淺 / 学疏才浅
• 害人不淺 / 害人不浅 (hàirénbùqiǎn)
• 德淺行薄 / 德浅行薄
• 才微智淺 / 才微智浅
• 才疏學淺 / 才疏学浅 (cáishūxuéqiǎn)
• 才蔽識淺 / 才蔽识浅
• 撩淺 / 撩浅
• 擱淺 / 搁浅 (gēqiǎn)
• 沙淺兒 / 沙浅儿
• 浮淺 / 浮浅 (fúqiǎn)
• 淺井 / 浅井 (qiǎnjǐng)
• 淺交 / 浅交
• 淺俗 / 浅俗
• 淺兒 / 浅儿
• 深入淺出 / 深入浅出 (shēnrùqiǎnchū)
• 淺化 / 浅化 (qiǎnhuà)
• 深厲淺揭 / 深厉浅揭
• 淺口鞋 / 浅口鞋
• 淺嘗 / 浅尝
• 淺嘗則止 / 浅尝则止
• 淺嘗者 / 浅尝者
• 淺嘗輒止 / 浅尝辄止 (qiǎnchángzhézhǐ)
• 淺嚐 / 浅尝
• 淺子 / 浅子
• 淺學 / 浅学 (qiǎnxué)
• 淺層文字 / 浅层文字
• 淺希近求 / 浅希近求
• 淺帶 / 浅带
• 淺成岩 / 浅成岩
• 淺斟低唱 / 浅斟低唱
• 淺斟低謳 / 浅斟低讴
• 淺斟低酌 / 浅斟低酌
• 淺易 / 浅易 (qiǎnyì)
• 淺明 / 浅明
• 淺析 / 浅析 (qiǎnxī)
• 淺水 / 浅水 (qiǎnshuǐ)
• 淺水池 / 浅水池
• 淺水灣 / 浅水湾 (Qiǎnshuǐwān)
• 淺海 / 浅海 (qiǎnhǎi)
• 淺海區 / 浅海区
• 淺海波 / 浅海波
• 淺浮雕 / 浅浮雕
• 清淺 / 清浅 (qīngqiǎn)
• 深淺 / 深浅 (shēnqiǎn)
• 淺淡 / 浅淡 (qiǎndàn)
• 淺深 / 浅深
• 淺淺 / 浅浅 (qiǎnqiǎn)
• 淺源地震 / 浅源地震
• 淺灘 / 浅滩 (qiǎntān)
• 淺灘指示浮標 / 浅滩指示浮标
• 淺白 / 浅白 (qiǎnbái)
• 淺睡 / 浅睡
• 淺短 / 浅短
• 淺礁 / 浅礁
• 淺種 / 浅种
• 淺窄 / 浅窄
• 淺笑 / 浅笑 (qiǎnxiào)
• 淺紅 / 浅红 (qiǎnhóng)
• 淺而易見 / 浅而易见
• 淺耕 / 浅耕
• 淺聞 / 浅闻
• 淺色 / 浅色 (qiǎnsè)
• 淺草 / 浅草 (Qiáncǎo)
• 淺薄 / 浅薄 (qiǎnbó)
• 淺藍 / 浅蓝 (qiǎnlán)
• 淺見 / 浅见 (qiǎnjiàn)
• 淺見寡聞 / 浅见寡闻
• 淺見寡識 / 浅见寡识
• 淺見薄識 / 浅见薄识
• 淺說 / 浅说
• 淺談 / 浅谈 (qiǎntán)
• 淺近 / 浅近 (qiǎnjìn)
• 淺釋 / 浅释
• 淺間山 / 浅间山
• 淺陋 / 浅陋 (qiǎnlòu)
• 淺雕 / 浅雕
• 淺露 / 浅露
• 淺顯 / 浅显 (qiǎnxiǎn)
• 淺顯易懂 / 浅显易懂
• 淺鮮 / 浅鲜
• 淺黃色 / 浅黄色
• 淺黑 / 浅黑
• 燈淺無油 / 灯浅无油
• 獲益不淺 / 获益不浅
• 獲益匪淺 / 获益匪浅 (huòyìfěiqiǎn)
• 由淺入深 / 由浅入深 (yóuqiǎnrùshēn)
• 疏淺 / 疏浅
• 目光短淺 / 目光短浅 (mùguāngduǎnqiǎn)
• 眼光短淺 / 眼光短浅
• 眼淺 / 眼浅
• 眼皮子淺 / 眼皮子浅
• 短淺 / 短浅 (duǎnqiǎn)
• 矮牆淺屋 / 矮墙浅屋
• 粗淺 / 粗浅 (cūqiǎn)
• 緣慳分淺 / 缘悭分浅
• 膚淺 / 肤浅 (fūqiǎn)
• 興復不淺 / 兴复不浅
• 蕪淺 / 芜浅
• 褊淺 / 褊浅
• 見識淺 / 见识浅
• 見識淺短 / 见识浅短
• 言淺意深 / 言浅意深
• 謏聞淺說 / 𫍲闻浅说
• 資淺 / 资浅
• 資淺望輕 / 资浅望轻
• 資淺齒少 / 资浅齿少
• 輕慮淺謀 / 轻虑浅谋
• 量淺 / 量浅
• 銀河清淺 / 银河清浅
• 闇淺 / 暗浅
• 非淺 / 非浅
• 龍困淺灘 / 龙困浅滩

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/
Bernhard 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

淺

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Only used in 淺淺／浅浅 (qiǎnqiǎn, “gurgle; babble of running water”).

Japanese

Shinjitai	浅
Kyūjitai	淺

Kanji

淺

(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

1. understandable
2. shallow
3. narrow-minded