jiān = ji + an1
sound of moving water
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qiǎn = qi + an3
shallow / light (color)
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How to pronounce 淺

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= ji initial

Ji is for Joan of Arc.

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+ an1 final

In front of the anthill.

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= qi initial

Qi is for the Queen of Hearts.

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+ an3 final

In the anthill’s living room.

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淺 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
shuǐ = shu + ei3
"water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85), occurring in 沒|没[mei2], 法[fa3], 流[liu2] etc / see also 三點水|三点水[san1 dian3 shui3]
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jiān = ji + an1
narrow / small
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Characters with 淺 as component

淺 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 淺

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to run aground in mid-course / to run into difficulty and stop
to be very close / to understand each other
to talk intimately while being comparative strangers (idiom)

Sentences with 淺

淺 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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jiān / qiǎn

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