深
深 — Deep
deep, heighten, intensify, strengthen
On’yomiシン (shin)
Kun’yomiふかい (fukai)
Kun’yomi-ぶかい (bukai)
Kun’yomiふかまる (fukamaru)
Kun’yomiふかめる (fukameru)
Kun’yomiみ- (mi)
Stroke order (11 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 深
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 深刻 | しんこく shinkoku | serious; severe; grave |
| 深夜 | しんや shinya | late at night |
| 深める | ふかめる fukameru | to deepen; to heighten; to intensify |
| 水深 | すいしん suishin | depth of water |
| 深刻化 | しんこくか shinkokuka | becoming more serious or severe; aggravation; intensification |
| 深まる | ふかまる fukamaru | to deepen; to heighten; to intensify |
Study notes
深 is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 11 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 3), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #484 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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