The kanji 甚: meaning, readings and stroke order
甚
- Meaning
- extremely, very
- On reading
- ジン jin
- Kun reading
- はなは(だ) hanahada、はなは(だしい) hanahadashii
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 甘 sweet
- Level
- Level 9 · senior high school
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- rất, quá mức (thậm)
- Japanese
- はなはだ。とても。
- Korean
- 몹시, 심하다 (심)
- Chinese
- 非常、甚
Readings, words and example sentences
ジン jin · on reading · less common
甚大
enormous, very serious
台風の 被害は 甚大でした。
The damage from the typhoon was enormous.
はなは(だ) hanahada · kun reading · less common
甚だ
very, extremely
甚だ 残念な けっかです。
It is a very disappointing result.
はなは(だしい) hanahadashii · kun reading · less common
甚だしい
extreme, terrible (in degree)
甚だしい まちがいです。
It's a terrible mistake.
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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.