Chinese symbol for “deep”
深
shēn
(lit. and fig.) deep
The closest CC-CEDICT match for deep is 深 (shēn), defined as: (lit. and fig.) deep.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “deep”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 深深 | shēn shēn | deep; profound |
| 深厚 | shēn hòu | deep; profound |
| 深沉 | shēn chén | deep; profound |
| 深邃 | shēn suì | deep (valley or night); abstruse |
| 湛 | zhàn | deep; clear (water) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 深.
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “deep”.
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.