Memory phrase for the character: 沉

沉

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Meaning to sink, to submerge, 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 sink.

Radicals

氵 Water
冗 superfluousA table-cloth 冖 on a table 几 is superfluous.
冖 coverThis very similar radical 宀 is understood as a roof.
几 small tableA similar radical is ordinary: 凡, which shows this table with a scratch. Sometimes this radical is seen as a sail. It is at the right side of composed characters. Also this radical is understood as a table.
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 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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