The kanji 浅: meaning, readings and stroke order
浅
- Meaning
- shallow
- On reading
- セン sen
- Kun reading
- あさ(い) asai
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 水 water
- Level
- Level 4 · grade 4
- Old form
- 淺
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- nông, cạn (thiển)
- Japanese
- あさい。
- Korean
- 얕다 (천)
- Chinese
- 浅
Readings, words and example sentences
セン sen · on reading · less common
浅海
shallow sea
浅海の 魚を 調べます。
I learn about fish that live in shallow seas.
あさ(い) asai · kun reading
浅い
shallow
この 川は 浅いので 安全です。
This river is shallow, so it is safe.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.