沈 — sink, be submerged, subside

しずむ沈 sink

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 7 strokes

U+6C88 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1271 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #2033 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

sink
be submerged
subside
be depressed
aloes

word

しず shizu Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

沈(しず) む shizumu to sink

ちん chin On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

沈(ちん) 黙(もく) chinmoku silence 沈(ちん) 没(ぼつ) chinbotsu sinking

Appears in idioms

意気消沈四字熟語

idea, spirit, extinguish, sink

沈思黙考四字熟語

sink, think, silence, think

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

氵 water (left form)

冘 to move

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