KANAE
Character · Qualities

深

ふかき fukakiふかく fukakuふかさ fukasa

deep

Composition

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Origin

Water (氵) beside an element showing a hand probing a cave, which also gives the sound: depth.

In the thoughts

  1. 深きfukakideep
  2. 深くfukakudeeply
  3. 深さfukasadepth

Proverbs carrying this character

  1. 181 Deep autumn — my neighbor, how does he live?
  2. 199 Think lightly of yourself, think deeply of the world.
  3. 227 A morning glory — one single bloom, the blue of a deep abyss.
  4. 230 Again and again I ask: the snow, how deep is it now?

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