甚
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excessive; undue; to exceed; to be more than; very; extremely; (dialect) what; whatever (Taiwan pr. [shen2])
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,869 U+751A
How 甚 is formed
How to remember it
tremendously · Heisig RSH #1338
hamper + fishhook
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 甚 as their sound component
These characters all use 甚 (shèn) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 甚 sound component | shèn | considerably; very, extremely; a great extent |
| 勘 | kān | to investigate; to survey, to explore; to compare; to collate |
| 斟 | zhēn | to deliberate, to gauge; to pour wine or tea |
| 椹 | shèn | chopping board |
| 葚 | shèn | mulberry fruit |
| 谌 | chén | faithful, sincere; surname |
| 戡 | kān | to subjugate, to subdue, to quell, to kill |
Words containing 甚
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一之为甚 | yī zhī wéi shèn | once is more than enough (idiom) |
| 自视甚高 | zì shì shèn gāo | to think highly of oneself (idiom); giving oneself airs; arrogant and self-important |
| 卑之，无甚高论 | bēi zhī , wú shèn gāo lùn | my opinion, nothing very involved (idiom, humble expression); my humble point is a familia… |
| 知之甚微 | zhī zhī shèn wēi | to know very little about |
| 不求甚解 | bù qiú shèn jiě | lit. not requiring a detailed understanding (idiom); only looking for an overview; not bot… |
| 更有甚者 | gèng yǒu shèn zhě | furthermore (idiom) |
| 甚而至于 | shèn ér zhì yú | even; so much so that |
| 逼人太甚 | bī rén tài shèn | to push sb too far; to go too far (in oppressing people) |
| 不为已甚 | bù wéi yǐ shèn | refrain from going to extremes in meting out punishment; not be too hard on subject |
| 不甚 | bù shèn | (literary) not very |
| 甚平 | shèn píng | jinbei, traditional Japanese two-piece clothing worn in the summer |
| 火药味甚浓 | huǒ yào wèi shèn nóng | strong smell of gunpowder; fig. tense situation; standoff |
| 欺人太甚 | qī rén tài shèn | (idiom) to bully intolerably |
| 甚为 | shèn wéi | very; extremely |
| 甚至于 | shèn zhì yú | so much (that); even (to the extent that) |
| 甚而 | shèn ér | even; so much so that |
| 卑之，毋甚高论 | bēi zhī , wú shèn gāo lùn | my opinion, nothing very involved (idiom, humble expression); my humble point is a familia… |
| 一之谓甚 | yī zhī wèi shèn | see 一之為甚|一之为甚[yi1 zhi1 wei2 shen4] |
| 甚高频 | shèn gāo pín | very high frequency (VHF) |
| 甚微 | shèn wēi | very small; very little; scant; minimal |