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Japanese symbol for “shenzhen”

Romaji: shinsen
Shenzhen (China)

In Japanese, shenzhen is , read (shinsen).

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Meanings

  1. n Shenzhen (China)

Written forms: . Readings: .

Kanji and stroke order

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

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
しんこく shinkokuserious; severe; grave
ふかい fukaideep (hole, forest, snow, etc.)
しんや shin'yalate at night
ふかめる fukameruto deepen; to heighten; to intensify
きょうみぶかい kyoumibukaivery interesting; of great interest
ふかみ fukamideep place; depths

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.