沈
沈 — Sink
sink, be submerged, subside, be depressed, aloes
On’yomiチン (chin)
On’yomiジン (jin)
Kun’yomiしずむ (shizumu)
Kun’yomiしずめる (shizumeru)
Stroke order (7 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 沈
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 沈黙 | ちんもく chinmoku | silence; being silent; quiet |
| 沈下 | ちんか chinka | sinking; subsidence |
| 沈む | しずむ shizumu | to sink; to go under; to submerge |
| 沈める | しずめる shizumeru | to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair) |
| 沈着 | ちんちゃく chinchaku | composure; calmness; self-possession |
| 沈没 | ちんぼつ chinbotsu | sinking; foundering; going down |
Study notes
沈 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 7 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1271 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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