深 shēn
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 罙 deep
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
深刻
shēnkè
deep; profound
Characters in this word
刻 kè
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 刂 — knife
- Made of
- 亥 12th terrestrial branch 刂 knife
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 印象很深刻。 Yìn xiàng hěn shēn kè. The impression is very deep.
- 这话很深刻。 Zhè huà hěn shēn kè. These words are very profound.
- 教训很深刻。 Jiào xùn hěn shēn kè. The lesson is very serious.