Chinese symbol for “depths”

深处

shēn chù

Traditional: 深處

abyss; depths; deepest or most distant part

The closest CC-CEDICT match for depths is 深处 (shēn chù), defined as: abyss; depths; deepest or most distant part.

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Characters and stroke order

深 shēn

deep, profound; depth

radical 85 ⽔ · 11 strokes

处 chù

to reside at, to live in; place, locale; department

radical 34 ⼡ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

處 chù

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 “depths”.

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.