沈 – sink, be submerged, subside

7 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1271 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 沈 means sink, be submerged, subside, be depressed, aloes. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is チン、ジン (chin, jin); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is しず.む、しず.める (shizumu, shizumeru). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 水 (no. 85).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	チン	chin
On’yomi	ジン	jin
Kun’yomi	しず.む	shizumu
Kun’yomi	しず.める	shizumeru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 水 (Kangxi radical 85). Components: 汁・尢・冖.

Words using 沈

沈むしずむto sink沈没ちんぼつsinking沈黙ちんもくsilence沈めるしずめるto sink (e.g. a ship)沈殿ちんでんprecipitation

Example sentences

まるで、沈む船から逃げるネズミみたいね。

It's just like rats leaving a sinking ship.

Tatoeba #74912

太陽が水平線の下に沈んだ。

The sun sank below the horizon.

Tatoeba #138160

彼らは沈没する船を見捨てた。

They abandoned the sinking ship.

Tatoeba #96527

Kanji with the same radical

決法治派済活海求水減演流沢消準渡

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