SHALLOW

浅　セン　あさ（い）

JY4, F955, 9 strokes 389
COMPOUNDS
Shallow (original meaning)
浅海・せんかい・shallow sea
深浅・しんせん・depth
Shallow, superficial
浅薄・せんぱく・shallowness, superficiality, flimsiness
浅学・せんがく・superficial knowledge
Light colored, pale
浅紅・せんこう・light red
KUN
浅い・あさい・shallow, superficial, light, pale, short (day)
浅瀬・あさせ・shoal, shallows
浅はかな・あさはかな・frivolous, thoughtless

“water” together with “two halberds” acting phonetically to show small amount and also giving idea of “cut away” or reduce – thus water reduced to a small amount or “SHALLOW”.