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Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N3

484 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 11

Meaning: deep, heighten, intensify, strengthen

Kunyomi: ふか.い, -ぶか.い, ふか.まる, ふか.める, み-

Onyomi: シン

Composition: 氵 㓁 木

深

Radical

Radical: 水

Reading: さんずい

Meaning: water

Strokes: 3

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Examples

Examples with audio

深夜(しんや)   late at night

深海(しんかい)   deep-sea

深部(しんぶ)   the depths

深刻な(しんこくな)   serious

深い(ふかい)   deep, profound

深める(ふかめる)   deepen [v.t.]

深まる(ふかまる)   be deepened [v.i.]

Onyomi Examples

深刻 (シンコク) serious, severe, grave, acute

深海 (シンカイ) deep sea, depths of the sea, ocean depths

以深 (イシン) ... or deeper, ... and below

海深 (カイシン) depth of the sea

Kunyomi Examples

深い (ふかい) deep, profound, dense, thick, close (relationship), intense, strong, late

深入り (ふかいり) getting deeply involved, going deeply into, going too far (into something)

深まる (ふかまる) to deepen, to heighten, to intensify

深める (ふかめる) to deepen, to heighten, to intensify

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