沈降

ちんこう

Meanings

1. Noun, する verb, Intransitive sedimentation (e.g. of red blood cells); precipitation; settling
2. subsidence (e.g. of land); sinking; submerging

Kanji

• 沈 sink. Read as チン.
• 降 descend. Read as コウ.

Words containing 沈降

• 沈降海岸 (ちんこうかいがん) submerged shoreline
• 赤血球沈降速度 (せっけっきゅうちんこうそくど) erythrocyte sedimentation rate

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