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chén
(ancient form of 湛) (interchangeable 沈 沉) sink
Evolution

Bronze script
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)Definitions
chén
(ancient form of 湛) (interchangeable 沈 沉) sink, deep; profound, joy; delight, happy; peaceful (interchangeable 潭) deep water; deep pool, leisurely; relaxed, dewy, full; filled, wet; damp; moist, clear (interchangeable 浸) to dip; to immerse; to soak, swellings; roaring waves and billows, flowing water, (same as 霪 淫) to rain cats and dogs for a long time, a river in ancient times in Henan province Jiyuanxian (blocked)
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 13 |
Unicode | U+3D34 |
Shuowen | “湛,沒也。从水,甚聲。一曰湛水,豫章浸。,古文。” |
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