Keyword
to submerge
- to sink
- profound
- deep
- Frequency
- #1197
- Strokes
- 7
Readings
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Mnemonic
An excessive 冗 amount of water 氵
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
沉默
taciturn; uncommunicative; silent
沉
to submerge; to immerse; to sink; to keep down; to lower; to drop; deep; profound; heavy
沉重
heavy; hard; serious; critical
沉淀
(chemistry) to settle; to precipitate; (chemistry) sediment; precipitate; (fig.) (of emotions, thoughts, experience etc) to settle and be absorbed over time; to take shape gradually (through reflection or maturation)
沉浸
to soak; to permeate; to immerse
沉睡
to be fast asleep; (fig.) to lie dormant; to lie undiscovered
沉迷
to be engrossed; to be absorbed with; to lose oneself in; to be addicted to
沉思
to contemplate; to ponder; contemplation; meditation
沉没
to sink
沉积
sediment; deposit; sedimentation (geology)
下沉
to sink down
沉船
shipwreck; sunken boat; sinking ship
深沉
deep; profound; (of a person) reserved; undemonstrative; (of a voice, sound etc) deep; low-pitched
沉寂
silence; stillness
沉稳
steady; calm; unflustered
沉沦
to sink into (vice, depravity etc); to pass into oblivion; downfall; passing
沉着
steady; calm and collected; not nervous
击沉
to attack and sink (a ship)
消沉
to sink into despondency; (of morale, willpower etc) to diminish; to plummet
沉闷
oppressive (of weather); heavy; depressed; not happy; (of sound) dull; muffled
沉积物
sediment
沉痛
grief; remorse; deep in sorrow; bitter (anguish); profound (condolences)
低沉
(of weather) overcast; gloomy; (of a voice) low and deep; low-spirited; downcast
阴沉
gloomy