淺 (cin2 | qian3) : shallow; superficial; simple; light; short

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淺

cin2

qian3

[1] shallow; not deep; superficial
[2] simple; easy; straightforward
[3] (of colours) light; pale
[4] (of time) short; not long

[antonym] 深

Stroke count: 11

Level: 1

Radical: 水 (#85)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

淺 / 浅

This word has been viewed 6912 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 9th Nov 2014 13:56

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淺色 cin2 sik1 qian3 se4 = light color

淺水 cin2 seoi2 = shallow water

深淺 sam1 cin2 shen1 qian3 = depth; seriousness

膚淺 fu1 cin2 fu1 qian3 = have all one's goods in the window; superficial

淺啡色 cin2 fe1 sik1 = light brown

淺灰色 cin2 fui1 sik1 = light gray/grey, French gray/grey

淺灰 cin2 fui1 = light gray, grayish

淺層文字 cin2 cang4 man4 zi6 qian3 ceng2 wen2 zi4 = shallow orthography

淺層正字法 cin2 cang4 zing3 zi6 faat3 qian3 ceng2 zheng4 zi4 fa3 = shallow orthography

淺黃色 cin2 wong4 sik1 qian3 huang2 se4 = buff; pale yellow
See all 28 compounds (CantoDict reports 27 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum)

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Decimal representation of this word: 淺
Unicode code for this character: U+6dfa (off-site link)

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