Practice JLPT
沈
JLPT N2 Kanji

沈 — sink, be submerged, subside, be depressed, aloes

  • JLPT N2
  • 7 strokes
  • Secondary (Jōyō)
  • Radical 水
  • #1271 most frequent

Readings

On'yomi
チンジン
Kun'yomi
しず.むしず.める

Example words

  • 沈黙ちんもく(1) silence; hush (2) reticence; inaction
  • 沈没ちんぼつsinking; foundering; going down; submersion
  • 沈むしずむto sink; to feel depressed; to descend
  • 沈めるしずめる(1) to sink; to submerge (2) to floor (an opponent)
  • 沈澱ちんでんprecipitation; deposition; settlement (e.g. of sediment)