沈
Sink, Be Submerged JLPT N2
7 strokes · school grade 8 · frequency rank #1271
Meaning
Sink, Be Submerged, Subside, Be Depressed, Aloes
Readings
On’yomiチン chin、ジン jin
Kun’yomiしず.む shizumu、しず.める shizumeru
Radical
Components
- 氵 (radical)
- 冘
Example sentences
- 陽は知らぬ間に地平線下に沈んだ。The sun sank below the horizon before I knew.
- 彼は沈思黙考するタイプだからな。He's the deep brooding type.
- 太陽と月は東から昇り、西に沈む。The sun and the moon rise in the east and set in the west.
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