甚

extremely

Kanji 1449

With the planet coming apart at the seams, 甚 is a timely kanji, helping people discuss intense damage and major disasters. Moving beyond environmental doom, you can use 甚 to say "serious misunderstanding," "quite thoughtless," and "big monetary losses." On the brighter side, this kanji enables you to say "deeply impressed," "very deep meaning," and "He liked you a lot.”

Revision history:

Feb. 9, 2024: p. 10: Stated definitively that 婆娑羅 is ateji, whereas I had previously just speculated that it was.

June 26, 2021: 

• p. 2: Replaced the Henshall etymology with the new one. 
• p. 11: Added a link to the Kanshudo games.

Sept. 14, 2018: Originally published.