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.
The valley is said to be of unfathomable depth.
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.
深さ is the plain, everyday word for depth, while 千尋 is a literary hyperbole for immense or bottomless depth used mainly in set phrases.
高さ is the ordinary word for height, while 千尋 is a literary, exaggerated expression for towering height found in classical phrasing.
Standard kanji form for the reading せんじん. Also read ちひろ, especially in proper names.
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.