# 淺

| 淺 | U+6DFA, &#28154; 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 3315$_3$, 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
### Glyph origin

| | 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 (qian$^3$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˇ
    (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): qiàn
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): cin$^2$
    (Dongguan, Jyutping++): cin$^2$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): ten$^2$
* Gan (Wiktionary): 'qien$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chhién
    (Hailu, HRS): cien$^ˊ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): qiên$^3$
* Jin (Wiktionary): qie$^2$
* Northern Min (KCR): chǐng
* Eastern Min (BUC): chiēng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ceng$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chhíⁿ / chhián
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ciêng$^2$ / ciang$^2$
* Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): cin$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$chi
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): cienn$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qiǎn
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ciǎn
*** Wade–Giles: chʻien$^3$
*** Yale: chyǎn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chean
*** Palladius: цянь (cjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn²¹⁴/
** (Xi'an)
*** Guanzhong Pinyin: qiàn
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰiã⁵³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cin$^2$
*** Yale: chín
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsin$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: qin$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰiːn³⁵/
** (Dongguan, Guancheng)
*** Jyutping++: cin$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰin³⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: ten$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰen⁵⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: 'qien$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /ˈt͡ɕʰiɛn²¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhién
*** Hakka Romanization System: qien$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: qian$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯en³¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: cien$^ˊ$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰien²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: qiên$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰiɛn³¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: qie$^2$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕʰie⁵³/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: chǐng
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰiŋ²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: chiēng
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰieŋ³³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ceng$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɛŋ⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ceng$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /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/
* chhíⁿ - vernacular;
* chhián - literary.
* 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 | /t͡sʰiᴇn$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡sʰiɛn$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡sʰjæn$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /t͡sʰian$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡sʰiɛn$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡sʰĭɛn$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡sʰi̯ɛn$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | qiǎn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | cin$^2$ |
* 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 | ‹ tshjen$^X$ › |
| 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
* shallow; not deep
    Antonym: 深 (shēn)
* superficial; surface; minimal; insignificant
* simple; easy-to-understand
* not intimate; distant
* (of colours) light; pale
    Synonym: 淡
    Antonyms: 深 (shēn), 濃 / 浓 (nóng)
* (of time) short; not long
* (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 (jian$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zin$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiān
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jian
*** Wade–Giles: chien$^1$
*** Yale: jyān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jian
*** Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zin$^1$
*** Yale: jīn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzin$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: jin$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siːn⁵⁵/
* 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 | zin$^1$ |
* 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
* (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

(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
* understandable
* shallow
* narrow-minded