深知 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

shēnzhī

know well

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

Regular Modern

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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)

zhī know

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 矢 represents the sound.

Components

口 Meaning component

kǒu, kou mouth

Transfer of knowledge is done through speech.

矢 Sound component

shǐ arrow

Character Evolution

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Component uses

Sound (1 of 5 verified)

智痴蜘踟椥

Meaning (1)

智

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	trje	tre	know

說文解字

《說文》：“知，詞也。从口，从矢。”

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)

深 shēn deep

Components

Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

Sources

知 zhī know

Components

Character Evolution

Component uses

Sound (1 of 5 verified)

Meaning (1)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

Sources

shēn deep

zhī know