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沈

sink
Stroke count: 7

Readings

On readingチン、ジン
Kun readingしず.む、しず.める
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. sinkRtK
    彼は気が沈んでいるようだ。He seems to be in a dark humor.tatoeba
    山に沈む夕日を描いた綴れ織が壁面をかざる。Its walls are decorated with hand-woven fabrics depicting a sunset over a mountain.wiki
  2. be submerged
  3. subside
  4. be depressed
    彼は意気消沈している。He's depressed.tatoeba
  5. aloes
  1. to sink
  2. to go under
  3. to submerge
  4. to go down (e.g. sun)
  5. to set

Popular Usage

沈む

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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water (水) · water droplets (氵) · water pistol (氵) · garter · crown (冖) · human legs (儿)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 2033

Compound words

沈むしずむ
to sink; to go under; to submerge; to go down (e.g. sun); to set
撃沈げきちん
(attacking and) sinking (a ship); sending (a ship) to the bottom
沈下ちんか
sinking; subsidence
沈静ちんせい
settling down; quieting down; cooling down; cooling off; stillness
沈滞ちんたい
stagnation; inactivity
沈着ちんちゃく
composure; calmness; self-possession; presence of mind; depositing (at the bottom)
沈没ちんぼつ
sinking; foundering; going down; submersion; getting dead drunk
沈黙ちんもく
silence; being silent; quiet; hush; reticence
浮沈ふちん
floating and sinking; rise and fall; ebb and flow; ups and downs
沈めるしずめる
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
遠沈えんちん
sediment
轟沈ごうちん
sinking instantly (of a ship due to a torpedo attack, bombing, etc.)
沈菜キムチ
kimchi
沈澱ちんでん
precipitation
沈淪ちんりん
sinking into obscurity
沈渣ちんさ
sediment
銷沈しょうちん
depression
泣沈むなきしずむ
to abandon oneself to grief
沈澱物ちんでんぶつ
sediment
尿沈渣にょうちんさ
urinary sediment (e.g. in urinalysis)
意気消沈いきしょうちん
low spirits
意気銷沈いきしょうちん
low spirits
萎靡沈滞いびちんたい
decline of energy and vigour (vigor)
泣き沈むなきしずむ
to abandon oneself to grief

Additional Examples

彼は善悪の問題について沈思黙考した。
He meditated on the problem of good and evil.tatoeba
彼は気が沈んでいるようだ。
He seems to be in a dark humor.tatoeba
山に沈む夕日を描いた綴れ織が壁面をかざる。
Its walls are decorated with hand-woven fabrics depicting a sunset over a mountain.wiki
鐘：沈む夕焼けと山中の寺院の鐘楼の組み合わせ。
Temple bell: a combination of the evening glow with the setting sun and a belfry of a temple in the mountain.wiki

Stroke Order

7 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 沈

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