Chinese symbol for “profoundly”
深奥
shēn ào
Traditional: 深奧
profound; abstruse; recondite; profoundly
The closest CC-CEDICT match for profoundly is 深奥 (shēn ào), defined as: profound; abstruse; recondite; profoundly.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 深奥.
| 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 |
| 奥秘 (奧祕) | ào mì | secret; mystery |
| 奥妙 (奧妙) | ào miào | marvelous; mysterious |
See also: Japanese symbol for “profoundly”.
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.