沉 (chén): meaning and stroke order
沉 (chén) means to submerge, to immerse, to sink, to keep down, to lower, to drop, deep, profound, heavy.
沉
- Simplified
- 沉
- Traditional
- 沉, 沈
- Pinyin
- chén
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Stroke order of 沉
沉
- chén variant of 沉[chen2]
- chén to submerge; to immerse
- 7 strokes
- Traditional form: 沈
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Meaning of 沉
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chén
- to submerge
- to immerse
- to sink
- to keep down
- to lower
- to drop
- deep
- profound
- heavy
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chén
Traditional 沈
- variant of 沉[chen2]
Radical and structure
- 沉
- Radical 水 (Kangxi radical 85) · 7 strokes · 氵 on the left, 冗 on the right
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 沉
- 下沉 xià chén to sink down
- 沉没 chén mò to sink
- 沉船 chén chuán shipwreck; sunken boat
- 沉默 chén mò taciturn; uncommunicative
- 沉不住气 chén bù zhù qì to lose one's cool; to get impatient
- 沉迷 chén mí to be engrossed; to be absorbed with
沉 in our stories
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可是船运公司却在报纸上宣布：当晚风浪很大，石青山不顾危险，坚持出海，船沉完全是他的责任。
kěshì chuányùn gōngsī què zài bàozhǐ shàng xuānbù dàngwǎn fēnglàng hěn dà Shí Qīngshān búgù wēixiǎn jiānchí chūhǎi chuán chén wánquán shì tā de zérèn
But the shipping company announced in the papers that the sea had been very rough that night, that Shi Qingshan had insisted on sailing regardless of the danger, and that the sinking was entirely his fault.
From the story The storm that never was HSK 7–9 · Level 8
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可是到了三十公里，她的腿突然变得像灌了铅一样沉，小腿开始抽筋。跑友们管这叫“撞墙”。
kěshì dào le sānshí gōnglǐ tā de tuǐ tūrán biànde xiàng guàn le qiān yíyàng chén xiǎotuǐ kāishǐ chōujīn pǎoyǒu men guǎn zhè jiào zhuàngqiáng
But at thirty kilometres her legs suddenly felt as heavy as lead and her calves began to cramp. Runners call this "hitting the wall".
From the story The four-hour balloon HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Stories using 沉
- The storm that never was HSK 7–9 · Level 8
- The four-hour balloon HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).