noun
great depth; bottomless
Literary or figurative expression for immense depth, often used in set phrases like 千尋の谷 (bottomless ravine). Not used in everyday measurement.
その谷は千尋の深さがあると言われている。
The valley is said to be of unfathomable depth.
noun
Literary expression for towering height, often paired with depth in classical descriptions. Rare in modern prose outside fixed phrases.
Looking down at the sea from a towering cliff.
Rarely used variant kanji form; 仞 is an old unit of depth/height.
Rarely used variant kanji form; 仭 is a variant of 仞.
From 千 (thousand) and 尋 (a traditional unit of depth/length, about 1.8 meters). Literally 'a thousand fathoms', used hyperbolically for immense depth or height.