淺 (qiǎn)
Shallow; light (color); superficial.
How 淺 is written
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Traditional
- 淺
- Simplified
- 浅
Components
- 氵 water
- 戔 N/A
淺 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- jiān
- sound of moving water
- qiǎn
- shallow; light (color)
Common words using 淺
- 擱淺 gēqiǎn
- to be stranded (of ship); to run aground; fig. to run into difficulties and stop
- 膚淺 fūqiǎn
- skin deep; superficial; shallow
- 深淺 shēnqiǎn
- deep or shallow; depth (of the sea); limits of decorum
- 淺析 qiǎnxī
- primary, elementary or coarse analysis
- 淺水 qiǎnshuǐ
- shallow water
- 淺灘 qiǎntān
- shallows; shoal; sandbar
- 淺色 qiǎnsè
- light color
- 淺薄 qiǎnbó
- superficial
- 淺顯 qiǎnxiǎn
- plain; clear; obvious
- 淺黃色 qiǎnhuángsè
- buff; pale yellow
- 短淺 duǎnqiǎn
- narrow and shallow
- 交淺言深 jiāoqiǎnyánshēn
- deep in conversation with a comparative stranger
淺 in a sentence
這個游泳池很淺，適合小孩子玩。
Zhège yóuyǒngchí hěn qiǎn, shìhé xiǎoháizi wán.
“This swimming pool is very shallow, suitable for children to play in.”
How common is 淺?
淺 is the 1,719th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 95.9% of all running text.
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