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The kanji 沈: meaning, readings and stroke order
沈
- Meaning
- sink
- On reading
- チン chin
- Kun reading
- しず（む） shizumu、しず（める） shizumeru
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 水 water
- Level
- Level 7 · junior high school
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- chìm, lặn (trầm)
- Japanese
- しずむ。しずめる。
- Korean
- 가라앉다 (심·침)
- Chinese
- 沉、下沉
Readings, words and example sentences
チン chin · on reading · less common
沈黙
silence
長い 沈黙が 続きました。
A long silence went on.
しず（む） shizumu · kun reading
沈む
to sink; to set (the sun)
海に 夕日が 沈みます。
The evening sun sets into the sea.
しず（める） shizumeru · kun reading · less common
沈める
to sink (something)
船を 海に 沈めます。
They sink the ship into the sea.
Practise writing 沈 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 沈 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 7 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.