Read Edit View history 甚 shèn HSK4 extremely Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts putting something sweet in the mouth (甘) with a spoon. Based on the original meaning "very peaceful and happy". The meaning later shifted to "excessive" "extremely". Pinyin Separate values with commas shén ×shèn × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts something sweet inside the mouth. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 甚 Simp strokes 甚 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts a spoon. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 甚 Simp strokes 甚 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 甚 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 260, 639 ], [ 310, 630 ], [ 712, 698 ], [ 777, 692 ] ], [ [ 367, 784 ], [ 406, 740 ], [ 413, 678 ], [ 414, 354 ], [ 399, 341 ] ], [ [ 595, 839 ], [ 643, 798 ], [ 622, 410 ], [ 619, 387 ], [ 601, 368 ] ], [ [ 442, 522 ], [ 449, 532 ], [ 502, 543 ], [ 540, 548 ], [ 560, 544 ] ], [ [ 439, 426 ], [ 449, 436 ], [ 509, 449 ], [ 540, 453 ], [ 560, 448 ] ], [ [ 135, 285 ], [ 188, 277 ], [ 445, 321 ], [ 799, 363 ], [ 881, 344 ] ], [ [ 459, 263 ], [ 475, 234 ], [ 470, 219 ], [ 416, 151 ], [ 369, 116 ] ], [ [ 592, 266 ], [ 684, 192 ], [ 707, 149 ] ], [ [ 268, 264 ], [ 312, 242 ], [ 308, 127 ], [ 296, 30 ], [ 338, 26 ], [ 517, 54 ], [ 720, 64 ], [ 755, 61 ], [ 819, 41 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 662 666 Q 719 673 769 679 Q 779 678 788 690 Q 789 702 767 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Q 377 718 387 661 L 390 621 Q 394 542 393 330 C 393 300 436 306 435 336 Q 434 381 434 420 L 434 443 Q 434 482 435 516 L 435 538 Q 435 608 437 630 L 439 667 Z", "M 640 368 Q 652 524 662 666 L 668 714 Q 672 748 688 802 Q 692 814 671 830 Q 634 851 608 856 Q 590 860 582 851 Q 573 844 582 827 Q 609 785 608 758 Q 608 730 608 699 L 608 659 Q 607 520 595 360 C 593 330 638 338 640 368 Z", "M 435 516 Q 442 516 449 517 Q 510 527 557 534 Q 576 538 569 549 Q 559 562 537 565 Q 510 566 435 538 C 407 528 405 515 435 516 Z", "M 434 420 Q 438 420 445 421 Q 509 431 556 438 Q 577 442 569 453 Q 559 466 537 469 Q 501 473 434 443 C 407 431 404 418 434 420 Z", "M 309 279 Q 522 327 861 328 Q 886 328 892 337 Q 898 350 880 365 Q 817 411 767 392 Q 712 382 640 368 L 595 360 Q 546 353 493 344 Q 465 341 435 336 L 393 330 Q 270 314 137 296 Q 115 293 132 275 Q 147 260 166 255 Q 188 249 206 254 Q 233 261 261 268 L 309 279 Z", "M 451 258 Q 457 242 417 180 Q 398 153 371 124 Q 364 118 361 114 Q 358 107 368 108 Q 398 108 482 195 Q 494 208 503 214 Q 510 221 508 230 Q 507 239 489 257 Q 473 270 460 273 Q 447 273 451 258 Z", "M 606 230 Q 643 193 682 148 Q 692 135 706 135 Q 716 134 721 145 Q 727 157 722 184 Q 718 223 607 272 Q 594 276 588 275 Q 584 272 583 261 Q 584 251 606 230 Z", "M 261 268 Q 261 264 268 256 Q 301 201 276 72 Q 270 56 252 35 Q 230 11 268 -17 Q 284 -24 296 -11 Q 452 58 796 26 Q 821 22 831 35 Q 838 45 817 61 Q 757 109 694 92 Q 663 88 630 83 Q 491 73 359 50 Q 313 35 327 77 Q 331 191 346 237 Q 355 250 347 260 Q 340 270 309 279 C 281 289 246 294 261 268 Z" ] } 9 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.