What is the Kanji for "Shallow"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Shallow", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Shallow" is "浅".

This kanji has 2 readings:

Its kunyomi reading is "Asa".

Its onyomi reading is "Sen".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The radical "氵" means "Water" . And The component "㦮" .

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "浅" mean in japanese?

"浅" means "Shallow".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Fourth Grade, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N2 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

浅見: "Shallow view". The Japanese noun '浅見 (せんけん)' means 'shallow view'. This refers to a limited or superficial understanding or perspective on a topic. It suggests a lack of depth or insight, and an inability to see the full complexity or nuance of a situation. For example: Her knowledge of the issue is just a shallow view - (彼女の問題に関する知識は浅見にすぎない).

浅い: "Shallow". The adjective '浅い (あさい)' means 'shallow'. It is used to describe something that is not deep, such as a pan, a pool, or a person's understanding of a topic. It can also describe a person's emotions or thoughts as being superficial or lacking depth. For example: The pool is shallow - (プールは浅い). His knowledge on the subject is rather shallow - (その件の知識は浅い).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "せ" is read as "se". The hiragana "ん" is read as "n". The hiragana "あ" is read as "a". And The hiragana "さ" is read as "sa".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.