Memory phrase for the character: 沈

沈

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Meaning

sink, go down, fall

Pronunciation

CHIN
shizumu/meru

Explanation

Left: water 氵, right: 冘 (big 大 person with broken arms 冖 and a broken leg 儿)

Mnemonic


 
In the water is sb. with broken arms and leg: Now he is sinking.

Radicals

氵 waterThe radical sanzui 氵 is a short form of water 水
儿 moving feetRadical: hitoashi




 Vocabulary

沈む しずむ  to sink, to feel depressed
沈める しずめる  to sink, to submerge
沈殿 ちんでん  precipitation, deposition, settlement (e.g. of sediment)
沈没 ちんぼつ  sinking, foundering
沈黙 ちんもく  silence, reticence

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