Japanese symbol for “sedimentation”
沈降
ちんこう
Romaji: chinkou
sedimentation (e.g. of red blood cells); precipitation; settling
In Japanese, sedimentation is 沈降, read ちんこう (chinkou).
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Meanings
- n, vi, vs sedimentation (e.g. of red blood cells); precipitation; settling
- n, vi, vs subsidence (e.g. of land); sinking; submerging
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “sedimentation”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 堆積 | たいせき taiseki | sedimentation |
| 沈積 | ちんせき chinseki | sedimentation; deposition |
| 堆積作用 | たいせきさよう taisekisayou | sedimentation |
| 沈積物 | ちんせきぶつ chinsekibutsu | deposit; sediment; sedimentation |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 沈黙 | ちんもく chinmoku | silence; being silent; quiet |
| 沈没 | ちんぼつ chinbotsu | sinking; foundering; going down |
| 沈む | しずむ shizumu | to sink; to go under; to submerge |
| 沈静 | ちんせい chinsei | settling down; quieting down; cooling down |
| 撃沈 | げきちん gekichin | (attacking and) sinking (a ship); sending (a ship) to the bottom |
| 沈着 | ちんちゃく chinchaku | composure; calmness; self-possession |
| 以降 | いこう ikou | on and after; from ... onward; since |
| 降りる | おりる oriru | to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to come down |
See also: Chinese symbol for “sedimentation”.
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