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甚

shèn

shén

  1. variant of 什[shen2]

shèn · sam6 (Jyutping)

  1. excessive; undue
  2. to exceed; to be more than
  3. very; extremely
  4. (dialect) what; whatever (Taiwan pr. [shen2])

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Character breakdown

甚

Meaning
great extent; considerably
Radical
甘
Strokes
9
Components
⿱甘匹
Cangjie
TMMV
Four-corner
4471.1

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