沉 — Chinese character
沉
chén
to sink, to submerge; profound, deep
- Pinyin
- chén
- Radical
- 85 ⽔ (Water)
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- 氵 冗
- Formation
- ideographic — An excessive 冗 amount of water 氵
Common words with 沉
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 沉默 | chén mò | taciturn; uncommunicative |
| 沉重 | chén zhòng | heavy; hard |
| 沉淀 (沈澱) | chén diàn | variant of 沉淀 (chén diàn) |
| 沉淀 (沉澱) | chén diàn | (chemistry) to settle; to precipitate; (chemistry) sediment; precipitate |
| 沉浸 | chén jìn | to soak; to permeate |
| 沉睡 | chén shuì | to be fast asleep; (fig.) to lie dormant; to lie undiscovered |
| 沉迷 | chén mí | to be engrossed; to be absorbed with |
| 沉思 | chén sī | to contemplate; to ponder |
| 沉没 (沉沒) | chén mò | to sink |
| 沉积 (沉積) | chén jī | sediment; deposit |
| 下沉 | xià chén | to sink down |
| 沉船 | chén chuán | shipwreck; sunken boat |
English words written with 沉
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.