• 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.
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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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  • 721st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 79 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jìng (jing4)still • calm • quiet • not moving

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for jìng (jing4)The component is pronounced as 'qīng' (qing1). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for jìng (jing4)The component is pronounced as 'jué' (jue2). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Common

冷静 (冷靜)
安静 (安靜)
宁静 (寧靜)
平静 (平靜)

Uncommon

动静 (動靜)
寂静 (寂靜)
幽静 (幽靜)
心静 (心靜)
恬静 (恬靜)
文静 (文靜)
梁静茹 (梁靜茹)
沉静 (沉靜)
清静 (清靜)
镇静 (鎮靜)
静候 (靜候)
静坐 (靜坐)
静心 (靜心)
静悄悄 (靜悄悄)
静止 (靜止)
静脉 (靜脈)
静谧 (靜謐)
静电 (靜電)
静音 (靜音)
静默 (靜默)

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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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