罙
shēn

deep

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Depicts a person exploring inside a cave (穴).

Components

穴
穴 Iconic component
xué, jué cave
◎
◎ Iconic component
characterless component

Depicts a person exploring inside a cave. The modern form looks like the unrelated character 木.


Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

《說文》：“，深也。一曰竈突。从穴，从火，从求省。”

Sources

Character origin
李学勤《字源》p.666
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)