N3na-adjective

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深刻しんこく

shinkoku

serious

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Example sentence

彼の病気は深刻だ。

His illness is critical.

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Kanji in 深刻

deep, heighten, intensify, strengthen

engrave, cut fine, chop, hash, mince, time, carving

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Words with the same kanji

Word	JLPT	Reading	Meaning
深い	N4	ふかい	ふかいdeep, profound
時刻	N3	じこく	じこくtime, hour
遅刻	N3	ちこく	ちこくlateness, late coming
深める	N3	ふかめる	ふかめるto deepen, to heighten, to intensify
深まる	N3	ふかまる	ふかまるto deepen
深夜	N2	しんや	しんやlate at night
彫刻	N2	ちょうこく	ちょうこくcarving, engraving, sculpture
刻む	N2	きざむ	きざむto mince, to carve, to engrave

More Attributes & Adjectives words

Word	Reading	Meaning
小	しょう	しょうsmall / little (used in compounds; e.g. 小学校[しょうがっこう] = elementary school)
良い	よい	よいgood, nice
大	だい	だいbig, great
上	じょう	じょうfirst volume; top grade; the above (e.g. 上巻[じょうかん] = vol.1, 上級[じょうきゅう] = advanced)
上	うわ	うわupper, outer, surface
上	かみ	かみupper part, upstream, higher-ups (e.g. 川上[かわかみ] = upstream, 上座[かみざ] = seat of honor)
可能	かのう	かのうpossible, practicable, feasible
最高	さいこう	さいこうhighest, supreme, the most

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