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沈

N2

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • sink
  • be submerged
  • subside
  • be depressed
  • aloes

On'yomi (音読み)

  • チン
  • ジン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • しず.む
  • しず.める
Strokes
7
JLPT Level
N2
Frequency
#1261
School Grade
Secondary
Radical
水#85 · water

Components

  • 氵
  • 尢

Common Words

  • 沈黙ちんもくNoun
    silence, being silent, quiet
  • 沈下ちんかNoun
    sinking, subsidence
  • 沈むしずむGodan verb
    to sink, to go under, to submerge
  • 沈没ちんぼつNoun
    sinking, foundering, going down
  • 沈着ちんちゃくNoun
    composure, calmness, self-possession
  • 浮沈ふちんNoun
    floating and sinking, rise and fall, ebb and flow
  • 沈めるしずめるIchidan verb
    to sink (e.g. a ship), to submerge
  • 沈痛ちんつうna-adjective
    grave, sad, mournful

Practice in Kanjiru

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