Memory phrase for the character: 沉

沉

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Meaning

to submerge, to sink, to immerse, to keep down

Pronunciation

chén

Explanation

Left: water 氵, right: superfluous 冗 (A tablecloth 冖 on the table 几 is superfluous.)

Mnemonic

In the water, the waste (= that what is superfluous) will submerge.

Radicals

氵	water	Simplified from this water 水
冗	superfluous	A table-cloth 冖 on a table 几 is superfluous.
冖	cover	This very similar radical 宀 is understood as a roof.
几	small table	A similar radical is ordinary: 凡, which shows this table with a scratch. Sometimes this radical is seen as a sail. Also this radical is understood as a table.

Vocabulary

沉重	chén zhòng	heavy; hard; serious; critical
沉沦	chén lún	to sink into (bad connotation)
鱼沉雁杳	yú chén yàn yǎo	lit. the fish sinks, the goose vanishes into the distance (idiom); a letter does not arrive; lost in transmission
沉吟	chén yín	to mutter to oneself irresolutely
沉闷	chén mèn	oppressive (of weather); heavy; depressed; not happy
沉醉	chén zuì	to become intoxicated
沉寂	chén jì	silence; stillness
沉默	chén mò	taciturn; uncommunicative; silent
沉淀	chén diàn	to settle; to precipitate (solid sediment out of a solution)
沉淀	chén diàn

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