• 746th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 74 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. chēn (chen1)see 黑沉沉[hei1 chen1 chen1]
2. chén (chen2)to submerge • to immerse • to sink • to keep down • to lower • to drop • deep • profound • heavy

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

沉重 
沉默 

Uncommon

低沉 
沉寂 
沉思 
沉闷 (沉悶)
沉沉 
沉没 (沉沒)
沉浸 
沉沦 (沉淪)
沉溺 
沉淀 (沉澱)
沉睡 
沉稳 (沉穩)
沉着 (沉著)
沉迷 
沉醉 
沉静 (沉靜)
消沉 
深沉 
阴沉 (陰沉)

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  • 1827th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 24 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
𠁼

Pinyin & Meaning

1. mēn (men1)stuffy • shut indoors • to smother • to cover tightly
2. mèn (men4)bored • depressed • melancholy • sealed • airtight • tightly closed

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for mēn (men1)The component is pronounced as 'mén' (men2). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for mèn (men4)The component is pronounced as 'mén' (men2). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

郁闷 (鬱悶)

Uncommon

沉闷 (沉悶)
纳闷 (納悶)
胸闷 (胸悶)
苦闷 (苦悶)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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