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沈 : Sink

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Components:
氵冘

sink, be submerged, subside, be depressed, aloes

On 'yomi:
チン(chin) ジン(jin)
Kun 'yomi:
しず.む(shizu.mu) しず.める(shizu.meru)
Nanori:
しん(shin)
Strokes:7
Radical:氵 (85)
Usage Rating:1271
JLPT:N2
old JLPT:2
Grade:8
Unicode:06c88
jis208:36-32
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沈 Usage examples

轟沈(ごうちん)sinking a ship instantly
打ち沈む(うちしずむ)to be depressed
苦界に身を沈める(くがいにみをしずめる)to become a prostitute (sink into a brothel)
沈んだ心(しずんだこころ)low spirits, depressed heart
沈砂(ちんさ)grit
不沈艦(ふちんかん)unsinkable battleship
マットに沈む(マットにしずむ)to be knocked out, to be overwhelmed, to be flabbergasted, to be thrown for a loop
沈金(ちんきん)gold-inlaid lacquerware (using powdered gold in etched grooves)
沈金彫(ちんきんぼり)
沈金彫り(ちんきんぼり)		gold-inlaid lacquerware
沈下橋(ちんかばし)bridge designed to be underwater during a flood
沈着冷静(ちんちゃくれいせい)calm, cool, and collected, level and calm
沈魚落雁(ちんぎょらくがん)charms of a uniquely beautiful woman, (so beautiful that) fish stay on the bottom of water and flying wild geese fall from the sky in shame
沈黙寡言(ちんもくかげん)taciturn, reticent
冷静沈着(れいせいちんちゃく)calm, cool, and collected, level and calm
沈埋工法(ちんまいこうほう)underwater tunnel construction by sinking prefabricated box culverts
沈み込む(しずみこむ)
沈みこむ(しずみこむ)		to sink
石が流れて木の葉が沈む(いしがながれてこのはがしずむ)there are exceptions to every rule, rocks will flow and leaves will sink