浅 qiǎn shallow
Made up of [氵 shuǐ water radical 85, 戋 jiān narrow; small ]Alternative traditional form of character: 淺
Made with 8 strokes.
The water radical combined with 'thin' may suggest 'shallow' but 'thin' is also a rough phonetic
Related characters
Also uses 氵 shuǐ component: 波 bō (wave) 法 fǎ (law) 港 gǎng (harbor) 海 hǎi (sea) 汗 hàn (perspiration) 汉 hàn (chinese) 河 hé (river) 洪 hóng (flood) 湖 hú (lake) 活 huó (to live) 济 jì (to cross a river) 江 jiāng (river) 津 jīn (ferry crossing) 酒 jiǔ (wine) 满 mǎn (to fill) 没 méi (have not) 泡 pào (bubble) 汽 qì (steam) 清 qīng (clear) 涉 shè (to wade) 洗 xǐ (to wash) 演 yǎn (to develop) 渔 yú (fishing) 泽 zé (pool) 治 zhì (to rule) 洲 zhōu (region)
Also uses 戋 jiān component: 钱 qián (money)
Different tone
千 qiān (thousand) 谦 qiān 钱 qián (money) 乾 qián (Heaven) 乾 qián 前 qián (front) 欠 qiàn (yawn)Pronunciation
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