Onyomi: シン · Kunyomi: -ぶか.い, ふか.い, ふか.まる, ふか.める, み- · Meanings: deep, heighten, intensify, strengthen
Kanji for deep, heighten, intensify, strengthen
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深 is made from 氵, meaning “water,” and the right side that suggests going inward or down. Water becomes darker and harder to see as you move farther from the surface. This idea of going far inside or downward led to the meaning of something being deep. From this image, 深 came to mean deep, profound, or intense.
深 shows water that goes far below the surface, becoming deep.
Picture diving into water and going farther and farther down. That feeling of great depth is 深.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 更け | ふけ | growing late, latening | Noun, Noun, used as a suffix |
| 御 | み | august | Prefix |
| 深夜 | しんや | late at night | common JLPT-N2 Noun, Adverb (fukushi) |
| 親切 | しんせつ | kind, gentle, considerate, generous, friendly, nice | common JLPT-N4 Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun |
| 深い | ふかい | deep | common JLPT-N4 I-adjective (keiyoushi) |
| 深刻 | しんこく | serious, severe, grave, acute | common JLPT-N3 Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun |
| 深まる | ふかまる | to deepen, to heighten, to intensify | common JLPT-N2 Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb |
| 更ける | ふける | to get late, to advance, to wear on | common JLPT-N2 Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb |
| 深める | ふかめる | to deepen, to heighten, to intensify | common JLPT-N1 Ichidan verb, Transitive verb |
| 深み | ふかみ | deep place, depths | common Noun |