• 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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  • 2349th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 13 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jìn (jin4)to immerse • to soak • to steep • gradually

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for jìn (jin4)The component is pronounced as '' (ji4). It has the same pinyin initial.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

沉浸 

Uncommon

浸入 
浸泡 

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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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