浅い

How to remember it

氵(water) + 戋 (thin) — water so thin it's shallow.

Example sentences

• この川はとても浅いです。

  このかわはとてもあさいです。

  This river is very shallow.

• 彼の知識はまだ浅い。

  かれのちしきはまだあさい。

  His knowledge is still shallow.

Usage

Used both for physical depth and figurative, superficial knowledge.

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