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沈 — 7 strokes ／ Radical「氵」

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4Junior high level ／ 7 strokes ／ Radical「氵」
On
チン・ジンちん・じん · chin · jin
Kun
しず.む・しず.めるshizu.mu · shizu.meru
Meaning
sink; subside

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

氵 "water" with 冘: to go down to the bottom of the water — to sink.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onチンちんchin沈滞ちんたい沈黙ちんもく浮沈ふちん
Kunしずむshizumu沈むしずむ浮き沈みうきしずみ
Kunしずめるshizumeru沈めるしずめる

Compare: 静める・鎮める

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 沈黙ちんもく

    silence

  • 沈没ちんぼつ

    sinking (of a ship)

More words with this kanji

  • 沈澱ちんでん
  • 沈淪ちんりん
  • 沈湎ちんめん
  • 沈痾ちんあ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

石(いし)を投(な)げると水(みず)に沈(しず)んだ。

I threw a stone and it sank in the water.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

沈没沈黙沈没sink黙be sil…汗sweat汚dirty沢swamp沼marsh泊stay…尽exhaus…珍rare陣camp尋inquir…人person
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 氵Map of reading チンAll maps

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