浅 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「氵」
道7Elementary year 4 ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「氵」
- On
- センせん · sen
- Kun
- あさ(い)asa(i)
- Meaning
- shallow
Stroke order
Origin
Phonetic-semantic: water 氵 with the sound element 戔, meaning shallow water.
Readings and examples
| Onセンせんsen | 浅薄せんぱく浅学せんがく深浅しんせん |
|---|---|
| Kunあさいasai | 浅いあさい浅瀬あさせ遠浅とおあさ |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 浅瀬あさせ
shallows, shoal
- 遠浅とおあさ
shallow beach
- 浅蜊あさり
Example
この川は浅いので、安全に遊べます。
This river is shallow, so you can play safely.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)