# 浅 — Shallow

Frequency rank 1228 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Rarer in this ranking, but still part of the 2,608-character published set.

More common than 豪 (Exceptional), less common than 俗 (Vulgar).

- On’yomi: せん
- Kun’yomi: あさ
- Radical: 水 Water (Kangxi 85)
- Frequency path: Level X of XX

A tsunami (氵) meets a drunkard (戔) — the shallow end of the water barely reaches the drunkard's ankles.

In words:

- 浅い あさい — shallow,superficial
- 浅ましい あさましい — wretched;miserable;shameful;mean;despicable;abject

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