甚 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Origin of the character

不詳。『説文解字』では「甘」+「匹」と説明されているが、金文の形を見ればわかるように「匹」とは関係がなく、これは誤った分析である。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

tremendously, very, great, exceedingly

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ジンHS
Kun (native)
  • はなは(だ)JHS
  • はなは(だしい)JHS
Nanori (used in names)
Other languages
  • 拼音shen2
  • 拼音she2
  • 拼音shen4
  • 한글sim
  • Hán-ViệtThậm

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
9 strokes
Radical
甘(かん)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+751A

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱⿵艹二⿷匸八

Words using this kanji

  • 甚大じんだい程度などが甚だしく大きいこと。very great, enormous, serious
  • 甚だはなはだvery, greatly, extremely, exceedingly
  • 甚だしいはなはだしいextreme, excessive, terrible, intense
  • 甚句じんく民謡の一つ。基本的に七・七・七・五の四句からなり盆踊りなどで歌われる歌。jinku
  • 甚六じんろくdunce, blockhead
  • 甚平じんべいlight cotton summer clothing consisting of knee-length shorts and short-sleeved jacket
  • 甚深じんしんextremely deep (i.e. profound)
  • 甚寒じんかん非常にこと。極寒。凜冽。intense cold
  • 甚兵衛じんべえlight cotton summer clothing consisting of knee-length shorts and short-sleeved jacket
  • 甚振るいたぶるいたぶるを参照。to torment, to harass, to tease, to extort
  • 甚平鮫じんべいざめテングザメ目ジンベイザメ科ジンベイザメ属に属する魚の一種。学名:Rhincodon typus。whale shark (Rhincodon typus)
  • 甚だ以てはなはだもってexceedingly
  • 甚兵衛鮫じんべえざめテングザメ目テングザメ科ジンベエザメ属に属する魚の一種。学名:Rhincodon typus。whale shark (Rhincodon typus)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(20 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-6-3
Four Corner
4471.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
0a9.10
Heisig
1905
Nelson
111