Keyword
to sink
- to submerge
- addicted
- surname
- Frequency
- #1879
- Strokes
- 7
Readings
chén
Mnemonic
氵 (water) gives the meaning and 冘 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
沈
(literary) juice
沈阳市
Shenyang, sub-provincial city and capital of Liaoning Province 辽宁省 (LiáoníngShěng)
沈从文
Shen Congwen (1902-1988), novelist
辽沈战役
Liaoshen Campaign (Sep-Nov 1948), the first of the three major campaigns by the People's Liberation Army near the end of the Chinese Civil War
沈河区
Shenhe, a district of Shenyang City 沈阳市 (ShěnyángShì), Liaoning
沈丘县
Shenqiu, a county in Zhoukou City 周口市 (ZhōukǒuShì), Henan
沈葆桢
Shen Baozhen (1820-1879), Qing Minister of the Navy, founded Fuzhou Naval College 船政学堂 (ChuánzhèngXuétáng) in 1866
沈约
Shen Yue (441-513), writer and historian during Liang of Southern dynasties 南朝梁, compiler of History of Song of the Southern dynasties 宋书
沈括
Shen Kuo (1031-1095), Chinese polymath, scientist and statesman of Song dynasty, author of Dream Pool Essays 梦溪笔谈 (MèngXīBǐtán)
沈莹
Shen Ying of Wu, governor (268-280) of coastal province of Wu and compiler of Seaboard Geographic Gazetteer 临海水土志
沈复
Shen Fu (1763-c. 1810), Qing dynasty writer, author of Six Records of a Floating Life 浮生六记 (FúShēngLiùJì)