chénchēn

sink

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Variant of .

Components
氵 meaning component

  Meaning component

shuishuǐ

  

water

is a component form of .

冘 sound component

  Sound component

yínyóu

  

to move on

Evolution

沉 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
沉 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
沉 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

chén

sink, submerge; addicted to; to submerge; to immerse; to sink; to keep down; to lower; to drop; deep; profound; heavy

 

chēn

see 黑沉沉[hēi​chēn​chēn]

Most common words with 沉
Freq.
Word
Meaning

沉默

taciturn

to submerge

沉重

heavy

沉浸

to soak

沉迷

to be engrossed