Kanji

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:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: さんずい

Meaning: water

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

夜(しんや)   late at night

海(しんかい)   deep-sea

部(しんぶ)   the depths

刻な(しんこくな)   serious

い(ふかい)   deep, profound

める(ふかめる)   deepen [v.t.]

まる(ふかまる)   be deepened [v.i.]

Onyomi Examples

シンコク serious, severe, grave, acute

シンカイ deep sea, depths of the sea, ocean depths

カイシン depth of the sea

サイシン deepest

Kunyomi Examples

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

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

まる ふかまる to deepen, to heighten, to intensify

める ふかめる to deepen, to heighten, to intensify