Chinese symbol for “abyss”
深处
shēn chù
Traditional: 深處
abyss; depths; deepest or most distant part
The closest CC-CEDICT match for abyss is 深处 (shēn chù), defined as: abyss; depths; deepest or most distant part.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “abyss”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 深渊 (深淵) | shēn yuān | abyss |
| 九渊 (九淵) | jiǔ yuān | abyss; deep chasm |
| 旋渊 (旋淵) | xuán yuān | abyss |
| 潭府 | tán fǔ | abyss; imposing dwellings and spacious courtyard |
| 深潭 | shēn tán | deep natural pond; deep pit |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 深处.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 深入 | shēn rù | to penetrate deeply; thorough |
| 深刻 | shēn kè | profound; deep |
| 深度 | shēn dù | depth; (of a speech etc) profundity |
| 深化 | shēn huà | to deepen; to intensify |
| 深夜 | shēn yè | very late at night |
| 深深 | shēn shēn | deep; profound |
| 处理 (處理) | chǔ lǐ | to handle; to deal with; to punish |
| 处于 (處於) | chǔ yú | to be in (some state, position, or condition) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “abyss”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.