# 深

| 深 | U+6DF1, &#28145; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6DF1 |
| ← 淰 [U+6DF0] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 淲 → [U+6DF2] |

## Translingual
### Han character

深 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水月金木 (EBCD), four-corner 3719$_4$, composition ⿰氵罙)

#### Derived characters

* 𠽉, 𪮨, 𩴙, 𪒗, 𡪜, 𢊖, 𦸂, 𬔒, 𰜯

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 632, character 1
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17687
* Dae Jaweon: page 1034, character 8
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1662, character 10
* Unihan data for U+6DF1

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 探 | *l̥ʰuːm, *l̥ʰuːms |
| 棎 | *ɦljom |
| 賝 | *l̥ʰum |
| 琛 | *l̥ʰum |
| 穼 | *srum |
| 深 | *hljum, *hljums |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *hljum, *hljums): semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 𥥍.

### Etymology

Unger (1995) that 深 (shēn) had Old Chinese initial *n- because of 淰 (shěn)'s phonetic component 念 (niàn).
Schuessler (2007) reconstructs 深 (OC *nhəm) & proposes relations to Mizo hniam (“to be low, to sink into (land)”), Burmese နိမ့် (nim., “low”), Tangkhul Naga [script needed] (kʰənim, “to be humble”), Tibetan ནེམས་ (nems, “sink a little, give way”), which Schuessler traces to Proto-Tibeto-Burman *nem (“low”), which STEDT in turn derives from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-n(i/u)(ː)p/m ~ *r/s-nyap/m (“pinch, squeeze; press, oppress; submerge, sink into, west, low, soft”). If so, 深 (OC *nhəm) is from Proto-Sino-Tibetan.
Schuessler also notices 深 (OC *nhəm)'s similarity to 沉 (OC *d-ləm), which he considers to be an areal etymon.
Possibly cognate with 探 (tàn) and 揇 (nǎn) (however, see there).
深 (OC *nhəms), "depth" (in Rites of Zhou) & whence MC ɕiɪm$^H$, is nominal derivation with suffix *-s (> departing tone).
淰 (OC *nhəmʔ), "be startled and flee (of fish); i.e. to sink into the deep" (in Liji) & whence Mandarin shěn, is endoactive derivative with *-ʔ (> rising tone).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): shēn (shen$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): sen$^1$
    (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): shěn
    (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): shèn
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sam$^1$
    (Dongguan, Jyutping++): sam$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): sim$^1$
    (Yangjiang, Jyutping++): sam$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): siin$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chhṳ̂m
    (Hailu, HRS): chim$^ˋ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): cem$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): seng$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): chéng
* Eastern Min (BUC): chĭng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): cing$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chhim / sim
    (Teochew, Peng'im): cim$^1$ / cing$^1$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): qim$^1$
* Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): sam$^1$
* Wu (Wugniu)
** (Northern): $^1$sen / $^1$seen / $^1$shin
** (Jinhua): $^1$shin
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): shen$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shēn
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄣ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shen
*** Wade–Giles: shên$^1$
*** Yale: shēn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shen
*** Palladius: шэнь (šɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂən⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: sen$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: sen
*** Sinological IPA : /sən⁵⁵/
** (Xi'an)
*** Guanzhong Pinyin: shěn
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂẽ²¹/
** (Nanjing)
*** Nanjing Pinyin: shèn
*** Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): shen$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂə̃³¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sam$^1$
*** Yale: sām
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sam$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sem$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɐm⁵⁵/
** (Dongguan, Guancheng)
*** Jyutping++: sam$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɐm²¹³/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: sim$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sim³³/
** (Yangjiang Yue, Jiangcheng)
*** Jyutping++: sam$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ʃɐm³³/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: siin$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɨn⁴²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ̂m
*** Hakka Romanization System: ciim$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: cim$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨm²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: chim$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃʰim⁵³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: cem$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰəm⁴⁴/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: seng$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /səŋ¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: chéng
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰeiŋ⁵⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: chĭng
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰiŋ⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: cing$^1$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ching
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰiŋ⁵³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhim
*** Tâi-lô: tshim
*** Phofsit Daibuun: chym
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /t͡sʰim³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰim⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sim
*** Tâi-lô: sim
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sym
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sim⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sim³³/
* chhim - vernacular;
* sim - literary.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit深 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ʂən⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /ʂən⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /ʂən²¹/ /sən²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /ʈ͡ʂʰẽ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /ʃə̃²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /ʈ͡ʂʰən²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /ʂẽ²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /ʂə̃⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /ʂəŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /ʂə̃n³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /ʂɤŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /sən⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /sən⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /sen⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /ʂə̃⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /ʂən³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /ʂən²¹/ /ʈ͡ʂʰən²¹/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /səŋ¹¹/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /ʂəŋ¹³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /sə̃ŋ³¹/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /səŋ⁵³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /sən⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /sen³³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /saŋ³³/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /ɕiʌ̃³¹/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /ɕian¹¹/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /ʂən³³/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /ʂən³³/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /sɨn⁴²/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /t͡sʰəm⁴⁴/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /tʃʰem²⁴/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /sɐm⁵³/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /sɐm⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /sɐm⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /sim⁵⁵/ /t͡sʰim⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /t͡sʰiŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /t͡sʰeiŋ⁵⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /t͡sʰim³³/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /sim²³/ |
* Middle Chinese: syim, syimH
Rime :
| Character | 深 | 深 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 書 (26) | 書 (26) |
| Final (韻) | 侵 (139) | 侵 (139) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 式針切 | 式禁切 |
| Baxter | syim | syimH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɕiɪm/ | /ɕiɪm$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɕim/ | /ɕim$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɕjem/ | /ɕjem$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɕim/ | /ɕim$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɕiəm/ | /ɕiəm$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɕĭĕm/ | /ɕĭĕm$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ɕi̯əm/ | /ɕi̯əm$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | shēn | shèn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | sam$^1$ | sam$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[l̥][ə]m/, /*[l̥][ə]m-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*hljum/, /*hljums/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 深 | 深 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | shēn | shēn |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ syim › | ‹ syim$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[l̥][ə]m/ | /*[l̥][ə]m-s/ |
| English | deep | depth |
| 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 | 深 | 深 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 11255 | 11256 |
| Phonetic component | 罙 | 罙 |
| Rime group | 侵 | 侵 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 深 | 深 |
| Old Chinese | /*hljum/ | /*hljums/ |

### Definitions

深
* (of distance) deep
    Antonym: 淺 / 浅
* depth; deepness
    From: Rites of Zhou, circa 3rd century BCE
    Fán fú, liàng qí záo shēn yǐwéi fú guǎng. [Pinyin]
    For the spokes, the depth of the stud hole in the hub equals the width of the spokes.
* (of relationships, etc.) deep; profound
* (of difficulty) great; profound; obtuse; obscure
       ni$^1$ jat$^1$ tai$^4$ hou$^2$ sam$^1$. [Jyutping]
       This question is really hard to solve.
       bun$^2$ syu$^1$ taai$^3$ sam$^1$ laa$^3$, ngo$^5$ duk$^6$ gik$^6$ dou$^1$ m$^4$ ming$^4$. [Jyutping]
       This book is too hard; I still can't get it after reading it many times.
* (of time) long
* (of colors) deep; dark
    Synonym: 濃 / 浓 (nóng)
    Antonyms: 淺 / 浅, 淡
* very; extremely
    Synonym: 非常 (fēicháng)

### Compounds

* 一往情深 (yīwǎngqíngshēn)
* 不深
* 不知深淺 / 不知深浅
* 交淺言深 / 交浅言深 (jiāoqiǎnyánshēn)
* 內心深處 / 内心深处
* 刻深
* 創鉅痛深 / 创巨痛深
* 功深
* 加深 (jiāshēn)
* 博大精深 (bódàjīngshēn)
* 厚貌深情
* 城府深密
* 堅城深池 / 坚城深池
* 外寬內深 / 外宽内深
* 夜深 (yè shēn)
* 夜深人靜 / 夜深人静 (yèshēnrénjìng)
* 夜靜更深 / 夜静更深
* 好學深思 / 好学深思
* 如臨深淵 / 如临深渊 (rúlínshēnyuān)
* 如臨深谷 / 如临深谷
* 孤軍深入 / 孤军深入
* 居安資深 / 居安资深
* 履薄臨深 / 履薄临深
* 市場深化 / 市场深化
* 年深日久
* 年深月久
* 年深歲改 / 年深岁改
* 幽深 (yōushēn)
* 弘深
* 微文深詆 / 微文深诋
* 德深望重
* 思深憂遠 / 思深忧远
* 思深語近 / 思深语近
* 恩深義重 / 恩深义重
* 情深似海
* 情深意重
* 情深義重 / 情深义重
* 情深骨肉
* 意味深長 / 意味深长 (yìwèishēncháng)
* 意義深長 / 意义深长 (yìyìshēncháng)
* 憂深思遠 / 忧深思远
* 手足情深
* 挑戰者深淵 / 挑战者深渊 (Tiǎozhànzhě Shēnyuān)
* 故劍情深 / 故剑情深
* 文深
* 文深網密 / 文深网密
* 文簡意深 / 文简意深
* 日久年深
* 日久月深
* 日久歲深 / 日久岁深
* 春深似海
* 景深 (jǐngshēn)
* 更深
* 更深人靜 / 更深人静
* 更深半夜
* 更深夜靜 / 更深夜静
* 材高知深
* 根深固本
* 根深柢固 (gēnshēndǐgù)
* 根深蒂固 (gēnshēndìgù)
* 根深葉茂 / 根深叶茂
* 極深研幾 / 极深研几
* 欲深谿壑
* 水深器
* 水深火熱 / 水深火热 (shuǐshēnhuǒrè)
* 汲深綆短 / 汲深绠短
* 深不可測 / 深不可测 (shēnbùkěcè)
* 深交 (shēnjiāo)
* 深人
* 深仇大恨 (shēnchóudàhèn)
* 深信 (shēnxìn)
* 深信不疑 (shēnxìnbùyí)
* 深入 (shēnrù)
* 深入人心 (shēnrùrénxīn)
* 深入堂奧 / 深入堂奥
* 深入淺出 / 深入浅出 (shēnrùqiǎnchū)
* 深入顯出 / 深入显出
* 深入骨髓
* 深切 (shēnqiè)
* 深刻 (shēnkè)
* 深化 (shēnhuà)
* 深厚 (shēnhòu)
* 深厲淺揭 / 深厉浅揭
* 深叢 / 深丛
* 深呼吸 (shēnhūxī)
* 深圖遠慮 / 深图远虑
* 深圳 (Shēnzhèn)
* 深坑 (shēnkēng)
* 深坑鄉 / 深坑乡
* 深夜 (shēnyè)
* 深奧 / 深奥 (shēn'ào)
* 深奸巨猾
* 深妙
* 深宅大院
* 深宮 / 深宫 (shēngōng)
* 深宵
* 深居九重 (shēn jū jiǔchóng)
* 深居簡出 / 深居简出 (shēnjūjiǎnchū)
* 深山 (shēnshān)
* 深山窮谷 / 深山穷谷 (shēnshānqiónggǔ)
* 深州 (Shēnzhōu)
* 深度 (shēndù)
* 深度報導 / 深度报导
* 深廣 / 深广 (shēnguǎng)
* 深微
* 深念
* 深怕 (shēnpà)
* 深思 (shēnsī)
* 深思極慮 / 深思极虑
* 深思熟慮 / 深思熟虑 (shēnsīshúlǜ)
* 深思遠慮 / 深思远虑
* 深恐
* 深情 (shēnqíng)
* 深情厚誼 / 深情厚谊 (shēnqínghòuyì)
* 深惡痛嫉 / 深恶痛嫉
* 深惡痛絕 / 深恶痛绝 (shēnwùtòngjué)
* 深意 (shēnyì)
* 深成岩
* 深拱
* 深探海
* 深摯 / 深挚
* 深文
* 深文周納 / 深文周纳
* 深文巧劾
* 深文巧詆 / 深文巧诋
* 深明大義 / 深明大义 (shēnmíngdàyì)
* 深更 (shēngēng)
* 深更半夜 (shēngēngbànyè)
* 深根固本 (shēngēngùběn)
* 深根固柢
* 深根固蒂
* 深水炸彈 / 深水炸弹 (shēnshuǐ zhàdàn)
* 深沉 (shēnchén)
* 深河 (Shēnhé)
* 深深 (shēnshēn)
* 深淺 / 深浅 (shēnqiǎn)
* 淵深 / 渊深 (yuānshēn)
* 深淵 / 深渊 (shēnyuān)
* 深淵薄冰 / 深渊薄冰
* 深渺
* 深湛 (shēnzhàn)
* 深源地震
* 深溝堅壁 / 深沟坚壁
* 深溝堅壘 / 深沟坚垒
* 深溝高壘 / 深沟高垒 (shēngōugāolěi)
* 深澗 / 深涧
* 深痼
* 深省 (shēnxǐng)
* 深知 (shēnzhī)
* 深知原委
* 深知灼見 / 深知灼见
* 深秋 (shēnqiū)
* 深稽博考
* 深究 (shēnjiū)
* 深耕 (shēngēng)
* 深耕易耨
* 深藏
* 深藏不露 (shēncángbùlòu, shēncángbùlù)
* 深藏若虛 / 深藏若虚
* 深藏遠遁 / 深藏远遁
* 深處 / 深处 (shēnchù)
* 深衣 (shēnyī)
* 深言
* 深計遠慮 / 深计远虑
* 深語 / 深语
* 深談 / 深谈 (shēntán)
* 深謀遠慮 / 深谋远虑 (shēnmóuyuǎnlǜ)
* 深謀遠猷 / 深谋远猷
* 深識遠慮 / 深识远虑
* 深谷 (shēngǔ)
* 深造 (shēnzào)
* 深通
* 深遠 / 深远 (shēnyuǎn)
* 深邃 (shēnsuì)
* 深都 (Shēndū)
* 深重 (shēnzhòng)
* 深長 / 深长 (shēncháng)
* 深閉固距 / 深闭固距
* 深閨 / 深闺 (shēnguī)
* 深陷 (shēnxiàn)
* 深墨
* 測深器 / 测深器
* 源深流長 / 源深流长
* 澤深恩重 / 泽深恩重
* 火熱水深 / 火热水深
* 環深 / 环深
* 由淺入深 / 由浅入深 (yóuqiǎnrùshēn)
* 發人深省 / 发人深省 (fārénshēnxǐng)
* 短綆汲深 / 短绠汲深
* 研深覃精
* 研精鉤深 / 研精钩深
* 禍結釁深 / 祸结衅深
* 萬丈深淵 / 万丈深渊
* 精深 (jīngshēn)
* 綆短汲深 / 绠短汲深
* 縱深 / 纵深 (zòngshēn)
* 罪孽深重 (zuìniè shēnzhòng)
* 罪惡深重 / 罪恶深重
* 罪業深重 / 罪业深重
* 罪逆深重
* 義氣深重 / 义气深重
* 義重恩深 / 义重恩深
* 義重情深 / 义重情深
* 老謀深算 / 老谋深算 (lǎomóushēnsuàn)
* 臨深履冰 / 临深履冰
* 臨深履薄 / 临深履薄 (línshēnlǚbó)
* 臼頭深目 / 臼头深目
* 舐犢情深 / 舐犊情深 (shìdúqíngshēn)
* 船深
* 良深
* 艱深 / 艰深 (jiānshēn)
* 茂林深竹
* 莫測高深 / 莫测高深 (mòcègāoshēn)
* 葡萄深碧
* 血海深仇 (xuèhǎishēnchóu)
* 衡門深巷 / 衡门深巷
* 言淺意深 / 言浅意深
* 計深慮遠 / 计深虑远
* 誘敵深入 / 诱敌深入 (yòudíshēnrù)
* 謀慮深遠 / 谋虑深远
* 諱莫如深 / 讳莫如深 (huìmòrúshēn)
* 資深 / 资深 (zīshēn)
* 超深水港
* 軟土深掘 / 软土深掘
* 進深 / 进深 (jìnshēn)
* 遠引深潛 / 远引深潜
* 遠慮深思 / 远虑深思
* 遠慮深計 / 远虑深计
* 重門深鎖 / 重门深锁
* 鉤深致遠 / 钩深致远
* 間深裡 / 间深里
* 阻深
* 雅人深致
* 雪深
* 面壁功深
* 高城深塹 / 高城深堑
* 高城深池
* 高城深溝 / 高城深沟
* 高壁深塹 / 高壁深堑
* 高壁深壘 / 高壁深垒
* 高壘深塹 / 高垒深堑 (gāolěishēnqiàn)
* 高壘深壁 / 高垒深壁 (gāolěishēnbì)
* 高壘深溝 / 高垒深沟 (gāolěishēngōu)
* 高岸深谷
* 高深 (gāoshēn)
* 高深莫測 / 高深莫测 (gāoshēnmòcè)
* 高舉深藏 / 高举深藏
* 鶼鰈情深 / 鹣鲽情深

### References

* “深”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)
* deep, close, thick, profound

#### Readings

* Go-on: しん (shin, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: しん (shin, Jōyō)
* Kun: ふかい (fukai, 深い, Jōyō)、ふかめる (fukameru, 深める, Jōyō)、ふかまる (fukamaru, 深まる, Jōyō)、ふける (fukeru, 深ける)、ふかく (fukaku, 深く)
* Nanori: み (mi)

#### Derived terms

* 深(ふか)い (fukai): deep
* 深呼吸(しんこきゅう) (shinkokyū): deep breath

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 深
* み Grade: 3
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 深 – see the following entry. :
| 【御み】S | [prefix] (honorific, archaic) added to gods and other spiritually important things [prefix] (honorific, archaic) added to nouns to indicate godlike respect [prefix] 美, 深: (honorific, archaic) added to placenames to emphasize beauty Alternative spelling 美 |
(This term, 深, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

## Korean
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ɕʰim]
* Phonetic hangul: [심]

### Hanja

Wikisource 深 (eumhun 깊을 심 (gipeul sim))
* hanja form of 심 (“deep”)

#### Compounds

* 심화 (深化, simhwa, “deepening”)
* 심도 (深度, simdo, “depth”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

深: Hán Nôm readings: thâm, thăm, thum, thẫm
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.