沈 — kanji meaning “sink”
沈
sink, be submerged, subside, be depressed, aloes
- Meanings
- sink, be submerged, subside, be depressed, aloes
- On'yomi
- チン (chin)、ジン (jin)
- Kun'yomi
- しず.む、しず.める
- Name readings
- しん
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #1271 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 85
- Chinese reading
- chén, shěn — Chinese character page
Words with 沈
| 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 |
| 沈下 | ちんか chinka | sinking; subsidence |
| 沈滞 | ちんたい chintai | stagnation; inactivity |
| 沈黙 | ちんもく chinmoku | Silence (1966 novel by Shūsaku Endō) |
| 沈める | しずめる shizumeru | to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge |
| 浮沈 | ふちん fuchin | floating and sinking; rise and fall; ebb and flow |
| 沈め | しずめ shizume | sinking; submerging |
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