沈

sink; be submerged; subside; be depressed; aloes

7 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1271.

Readings

• チン (on reading): 沈黙 (ちんもく) silence; 撃沈 (げきちん) (attacking and) sinking (a ship)
• しずむ (kun reading): 沈む (しずむ) to sink; 沈み込む (しずみこむ) to sink (into)
• しずめる (kun reading): 沈める (しずめる) to sink (e.g. a ship); 沈め (しずめ) sinking
• ジン (on reading): 沈香 (じんこう) agarwood; 沈香も焚かず屁も放らず (じんこうもたかずへもひらず) having few faults as well as few virtues

Components

• 氵
• 冘
• 冖 radical cover
• 尢 radical lame
• ⺡ radical water, left-side form of 水

Words using 沈

• 沈黙 (ちんもく) silence
• 撃沈 (げきちん) (attacking and) sinking (a ship)
• 沈没 (ちんぼつ) sinking
• 沈静 (ちんせい) settling down
• 沈殿 (ちんでん) precipitation
• 沈む (しずむ) to sink
• 沈み込む (しずみこむ) to sink (into)
• 浮き沈み (うきしずみ) ups and downs
• 泣き沈む (なきしずむ) to abandon oneself to grief
• 打ち沈む (うちしずむ) to be depressed
• 沈める (しずめる) to sink (e.g. a ship)
• 沈め (しずめ) sinking
• 身を沈める (みをしずめる) to sink (into one's seat, etc.)
• 沈香 (じんこう) agarwood
• 沈香も焚かず屁も放らず (じんこうもたかずへもひらず) having few faults as well as few virtues

94 words in all.

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