Memory phrase for the character: 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

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