匪浅
fěi​qiǎn

quite a lot

匪 fěi bandits

Components

匚
匚 Meaning component
fāng, fàng box

basket

非
非 Sound component
fēi not

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

榧篚

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartpjɨjXpəjʔbamboo basket; bandit
Zhengzhangpɯlʔ
Unicodepiə̌i

說文解字

器，似竹筐。从匚非聲。《逸周書》曰：“實玄黃于匪。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

浅 qiǎn shallow Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 戋 represents the sound. Simplified form of 淺.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

戋
戋 Sound component
jiān, cán small

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

淺 qiǎn shallow Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 戔 represents the sound.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

戔
戔 Sound component
small

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttshjenX[tsʰ]e[n]ʔ shallow

說文解字

《說文》：“淺，不深也。从水，戔聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)