Dong Chinese dictionary

chén, chēn

sink

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 冘 represents the sound. Variant of 沈.

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

冘 Sound component

yín, yóu

to move on

Evolution

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

chén

sink, submerge; addicted to; to submerge; to immerse; to sink; to keep down; to lower; to drop; deep; profound; heavy

chēn

see 黑沉沉[hēichēnchēn]

Most common words with 沉

Sources