Chinese symbol for “submerge”
沉
chén
to submerge; to immerse; to sink; to keep down
The closest CC-CEDICT match for submerge is 沉 (chén), defined as: to submerge; to immerse; to sink; to keep down; to lower; to drop.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “submerge”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 淹没 (淹沒) | yān mò | to submerge; to drown |
| 潜入 (潛入) | qián rù | to submerge; to infiltrate |
| 沦陷 (淪陷) | lún xiàn | to fall into enemy hands; to be occupied |
| 潜 (潛) | qián | hidden; secret |
| 淹 | yān | to flood; to submerge |
Related words
Other words that share a character 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) |
| 沉浸 | chén jìn | to soak; to permeate |
| 沉睡 | chén shuì | to be fast asleep; (fig.) to lie dormant; to lie undiscovered |
See also: Japanese symbol for “submerge”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.