Japanese symbol for “deepening”

深化

しんか

Romaji: shinka

deepening

In Japanese, deepening is 深化, read しんか (shinka).

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Meanings

n, vi, vs deepening

Kanji and stroke order

深

deep, heighten, intensify

on: シン
kun: ふか.い、-ぶか.い、ふか.まる、ふか.める

11 strokes · JLPT 2

化

change, take the form of, influence

on: カ、ケ
kun: ば.ける、ば.かす、ふ.ける、け.する

4 strokes · JLPT 2

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
深刻	しんこく shinkoku	serious; severe; grave
深い	ふかい fukai	deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.)
深夜	しんや shin'ya	late at night
深める	ふかめる fukameru	to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
興味深い	きょうみぶかい kyoumibukai	very interesting; of great interest
深み	ふかみ fukami	deep place; depths
文化	ぶんか bunka	culture; civilization; civilisation
変化	へんか henka	change; variation; alteration

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.