Taxonomy of meanings for 淺:　　

  • 淺 qiǎn (OC: tshenʔ MC: tsʰiɛn) 七演切 上 廣韻：【不深也士演切一 】
    • SHALLOW
      • nabmetaphysicalthe shallow points
      • vishallow (of water)
      • vifigurativesuperficial, shallow; narrow
      • vtoNfigurativepay only scant or shallow attention to; be shallow with respect to
      • v[adN]what is shallow; a shallow way of doing thingsCH
      • sidewise>NARROW
        • abstract>SUPERFICIAL
          • v[adN]those who are superficial, lacking learningLZ
          • vibe shallow, be superficialCH
          • of superficial understanding>STUPID
            • nabfeaturestupidity
            • vadNfigurativeof shallow knowledge> stupid
          • hence>CLEAR
          • in all dimensions>TENUOUS
              • in main dimension>SMALL
                • vislight in size (of territory etc)
              • adverbial: deviating a little>APPROXIMATE
              • of fur>SHORT
            • 淺 jiān (OC: tseen MC: tsen) 則前切 平 廣韻：【淺淺流疾皃又倉翦切 】
            • FLOW
              • 淺 ｊｉａｎ４《集韻》在演切，上獮從。元部。
              • 淺 ｊｉａｎ４《集韻》子賤切，去線精。
              • 淺 ｚａｎ４《集韻》則旱切，去翰精。
              • qiǎnBROAD
                • vadNbroad: of one's belt, the broadness of which makes the garment to be tied in a "shallow" way (XUN, Zhang Jue et alii: contended, for others e.g. 'narrow')LZ

              Additional information about 淺

              說文解字: 【淺】，不深也。从水、戔聲。 【七衍切】

                Criteria
              • DEEP

                1. The dominant current general word for anything deep in any sense is shēn 深 (ant. qiǎn 淺 "shallow"). Depth is shèn 深.

                2. Yuān 淵 is a poetic word for depth, and the meaning derives from the ordinary reference of the word to a deep pool or even an abyss.

                Word relations
              • Subject: (SHALLOW)知/UNDERSTAND The standard current and word for understanding something and knowing how to do something is zhī 知 (ant. mèi 昧 "not have the foggiest idea")
              • Ant: (SHALLOW)博/BROAD Bó 博 (ant. yuē 約 "confined") is primarily metaphorical in application, and its concrete senses applied to physical objects are derived senses of the word only.
              • Ant: (SHALLOW)深 / 深/DEEP The dominant current general word for anything deep in any sense is shēn 深 (ant. qiǎn 淺"shallow").
              • Ant: (STUPID)高/SUPERIOR
              • Assoc: (SHALLOW)褊/NARROW