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沉

Traditional: 沈

chén

HSK 3.0 · 4

Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

chén · cam4 (Jyutping)

  1. variant of 沉[chen2]
  2. to submerge
  3. to immerse
  4. to sink
  5. to keep down
  6. to lower
  7. to drop
  8. deep
  9. profound
  10. heavy

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

沉

Meaning
sink, submerge; addicted to
Radical
氵
Strokes
7
Components
⿰氵冗
Cangjie
EBHU
Four-corner
3711.0

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