Chinese symbol for “undue”
甚
shèn
excessive; undue; to exceed; to be more than; very; extremely; (dialect) what; whatever (Taiwan pr. [shen2])
The closest CC-CEDICT match for undue is 甚 (shèn), defined as: excessive; undue; to exceed; to be more than; very; extremely; (dialect) what; whatever (Taiwan pr. [shen2]).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “undue”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 甚.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 甚至 | shèn zhì | even; so much so that |
| 甚为 (甚為) | shèn wéi | very; extremely |
| 甚或 | shèn huò | so much so that; to the extent that |
| 甚至于 (甚至於) | shèn zhì yú | so much (that); even (to the extent that) |
| 更有甚者 | gèng yǒu shèn zhě | furthermore (idiom) |
| 甚微 | shèn wēi | very small; very little |
See also: Japanese symbol for “undue”.
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.