Onyomi: ジン, チン · Kunyomi: しず.む, しず.める · Meanings: aloes, be depressed, be submerged, sink, subside
Kanji for aloes, be depressed, be submerged, sink, subside
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沈 is made from the water radical 氵 on the left and 冘 on the right. 氵 represents water. 冘 has the idea of something heavy or hanging down. When something heavy is placed in water, it goes downward. Because heavy objects drop below the surface, 沈 came to mean to sink or submerge.
沈 is something heavy sinking down into water.
Imagine a heavy stone (冘) dropped into water (氵), slowly going down below the surface. That sinking action is 沈.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 沈む | しずむ | to sink, to go under, to submerge | common JLPT-N3 Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Intransitive verb |
| 沈黙 | ちんもく | silence, being silent, quiet, hush | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |
| 沈没 | ちんぼつ | sinking, foundering, going down, submersion | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |
| 沈める | しずめる | to sink (e.g. a ship), to submerge | common JLPT-N1 Ichidan verb, Transitive verb |
| 沈着 | ちんちゃく | composure, calmness, self-possession, presence of mind | common Noun, Na-adjective (keiyodoshi) |
| 沈殿 | ちんでん | precipitation, deposition, settlement (e.g. of sediment) | JLPT-N1 Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |
| 沈下 | ちんか | sinking, subsidence | common Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |
| 沈菜 | キムチ | kimchi, kimchee | common Noun |
| 沈静 | ちんせい | settling down, quieting down, cooling down, cooling off | Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |
| 沈降 | ちんこう | sedimentation (e.g. of red blood cells), precipitation, settling | Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |
| 沈滞 | ちんたい | stagnation, inactivity | Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |
| 沈痛 | ちんつう | grave, sad, mournful, sorrowful, pensive | Na-adjective (keiyodoshi) |
| 沈黙の春 | ちんもくのはる | Silent Spring (book by Rachel Carson, 1962) | Noun |
| 深々 | しんしん | silent (esp. of the passing of the night) | 'taru' adjective, Adverb taking the 'to' particle |
| 沈思黙考 | ちんしもっこう | being lost in deep thought | Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.) |