浅

qiǎn

shallow; light (color)

adjective HSK 3.0 · Band 5 trad. 淺

Watch it being written

Every character draws itself, stroke by stroke. Then grab the brush: trace it yourself and hear the word when you finish.

浅

Build with these blocks

Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

浅
  • 肤浅fūqiǎnsuperficialB7
  • 搁浅gēqiǎnto run agroundB7
  • 浅显qiǎnxiǎn(of written or spoken material) easy to unB7
  • 受益匪浅shòuyì-fěiqiǎnto benefit (from)B7

See it in sentences

这条河很浅。

This river is very shallow.

颜色浅一点更好看。

A lighter color looks better.