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Chinese symbol for “sounding”

水深
shuǐ shēn
depth (of waterway); sounding

The closest CC-CEDICT match for sounding is 水深 (shuǐ shēn), defined as: depth (of waterway); sounding.

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Characters and stroke order

水 shuǐ
water, liquid, lotion, juice
radical 85 ⽔ · 4 strokes
深 shēn
deep, profound; depth
radical 85 ⽔ · 11 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 水深.

WordPinyinMeaning
水平shuǐ pínghorizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc)
水果shuǐ guǒfruit
水泥shuǐ nícement; measure word: 袋 (dài)
洪水hóng shuǐdeluge; flood
水准 (水準)shuǐ zhǔnlevel (of achievement etc); standard
水库 (水庫)shuǐ kùreservoir; measure word: 座 (zuò)
深入shēn rùto penetrate deeply; thorough
深刻shēn kèprofound; deep

See also: Japanese symbol for “sounding”.

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.