How do you read 深更?

深更 is read しんこう (shinkou), with heiban pitch accent (flat).

What JLPT level is 深更?

It is not on the standard JLPT lists.

How do you write 深更 in romaji?

深更 is written shinkou in romaji, also spelled shinko.

What kanji are in 深更?

深 (Deep, Heighten); 更 (Grow Late, Night Watch).

深更しんこう

しんこう · shinkou (also spelled shinko)

noun

Middle of the night, dead of night, midnight

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Heiban

flat · what is pitch accent?

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Kanji in this word

深Deep, Heighten, Intensify 音しん訓ふか.い・-ぶか.い JLPT N3 · 11 strokes 更Grow Late, Night Watch, Sit Up Late 音こう訓さら・さら.に JLPT N3 · 7 strokes

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Words that share a kanji

深夜しんやlate at night 深いふかいdeep, profound 深刻しんこくserious 欲深いよくふかいgreedy 深めるふかめるto deepen, to heighten, to intensify 情深いなさけぶかいtender-hearted, compassionate 変更へんこうchange, modification, alteration 今更いまさらnow, again

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What does 深更 mean?

Middle of the night, dead of night, midnight.

How do you pronounce 深更?

しんこう (shinkou). Pitch accent: heiban — flat. Press Listen above to hear it.

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