深

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(lit. and fig.) deep

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

Deep 罙 water 氵

Components 氵罙

deep · Heisig RSH #1075

水 water + paper punch + 木 tree

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
山高海深	shān gāo hǎi shēn	high as the mountain and deep as the sea (idiom); fig. infinite bounty
深明大义	shēn míng dà yì	to have a high notion of one's duty; to be highly principled
深入人心	shēn rù rén xīn	to enter deeply into people's hearts; to have a real impact on the people (idiom)
深山老林	shēn shān lǎo lín	(idiom) backwoods; wilderness
深得民心	shēn dé mín xīn	to win the hearts of the people; to be popular among the masses
水深火热	shuǐ shēn huǒ rè	deep water and scorching fire; abyss of suffering (idiom)
深州市	Shēn zhōu Shì	Shenzhou, a county-level city in Hengshui City 衡水市[Heng2 shui3 Shi4], Hebei
深红色	shēn hóng sè	deep red; crimson; scarlet
发人深思	fā rén shēn sī	(idiom) thought-provoking; to give one food for thought
深县	Shēn xiàn	Shen county in Hebei
深山	shēn shān	deep in the mountains
水深	shuǐ shēn	depth (of waterway); sounding
深海	shēn hǎi	deep sea
深化	shēn huà	to deepen; to intensify
内心深处	nèi xīn shēn chù	deep in one's heart
高深	gāo shēn	profound
深长	shēn cháng	profound (meaning, implications etc)
北上广深	Běi Shàng Guǎng Shēn	Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen (abbr. for 北京[Bei3 jing1] + 上海[Shang4 hai3] + 廣州…
洋山深水港	Yáng shān Shēn shuǐ gǎng	Yangshan Deepwater Port (near Shanghai)
深不见底	shēn bù jiàn dǐ	so deep one cannot see to the bottom; limitless