深 (shēn)

old variant of 深[shen1]

HSK 3.1 level 3
11 strokes

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 罙 represents the sound.

Shuowen Jiezi

《說文》：“深，水。出桂陽南平，西入營道。从水，罙聲。”

Components

氵 (meaning) — 氵 is a component form of 水.
罙 (sound, meaning)