浅深 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

qiǎn shallow Simplified

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

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

戋 Sound component

jiān, cán small

Sources

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

shēn deep

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

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

罙 Sound Meaning component

shēn deep

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	syim	[l̥][ə]m	deep
	syimH	[l̥][ə]m-s	depth

說文解字

《說文》：“深，水。出桂陽南平，西入營道。从水，罙聲。”

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)

qiǎn shallow Traditional

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

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

戔 Sound component

small

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tshjenX	[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)

浅 qiǎn shallow Simplified

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深 shēn deep

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淺 qiǎn shallow Traditional

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qiǎn shallow Simplified

shēn deep

qiǎn shallow Traditional