浅
qiǎnjiān HSK4

shallow

浅 (淺) qiǎn frequency
shallow adjective
not deep in physical measurement or distance from the surface

这条河很浅，我们可以直接走过去。

zhè tiáo hé hěn qiǎn, wǒ​men kě​yǐ zhí​jiē zǒu guò​qù.

The river is very shallow; we can walk straight across.

light adjective
having a pale or light color; not saturated

她穿了一件浅蓝色的上衣。

tā chuān le yī jiàn qiǎn lán​sè de shàng​yī.

She wore a light blue top.

simple adjective
easy to understand; simple in terms of depth of knowledge or complexity
浅 (淺) jiān
splashing descriptive
sound of moving water

这个浅字在形容流水声时，读音是jiān。

zhè​ge jiān zì zài xíng​róng liú​shuǐ​shēng shí, dú​yīn shìjiān.

When describing the sound of flowing water, the character '浅' is pronounced 'jiān'.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,721st most common 52.1 per million
Movie subtitles
2,136th most common 15.5 per million appears in 9% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
8.94 per million appears in 4% of films
Written text
25.5 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 4
Traditional
淺
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+6D45

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)