One of the best Japanese Kanji dictionary.

Share this page

Kanji Detail for 沈 - "to sink, depressed, quiet"

沈

  • Meaning

    沈 means "to sink, depressed, quiet."

    1. To sink - To submerge; to go deep into water.

    2. Depressed - To feel low; to be dejected; to be lost in thought.

    3. Quiet - Calm and composed.

    4. To stay - To stagnate; to linger.

  • Words using 沈

    • 沈黙 ちんもく Listen silence; being silent; quiet
    • 沈下 ちんか Listen sinking; subsidence
    • 沈没 ちんぼつ Listen sinking; foundering; going down
    • 沈着 ちんちゃく Listen composure; calmness; self-possession
    • 浮沈 ふちん Listen floating and sinking; rise and fall; ebb and flow
    • 沈む しずむ Listen to sink; to go under; to submerge
    • 沈める しずめる Listen to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair)

  • Four-character idioms with 沈

    • 意気消沈 いきしょうちん Listen low spirits; depression; dejection
    • 冷静沈着 れいせいちんちゃく Listen calm, cool, and collected; level and calm
    • 地盤沈下 じばんちんか Listen land subsidence; decline in influence
    • 沈思黙考 ちんしもっこう Listen being lost in deep thought
    • 沈着冷静 ちんちゃくれいせい Listen calm, cool, and collected; level and calm
    • 沈魚落雁 ちんぎょらくがん Listen charms of a uniquely beautiful woman

  • Tattoo check: 沈

    • Verified meaning: to sink, depressed, quiet
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read しむ, しん, すん, せん)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 沈

    Given names 沈(しん)Listen

    Surnames 沈(しむ)Listen 沈(すん)Listen 沈(せん)Listen 沈(ちむ)Listen 沈(ちん)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    sink; be submerged; subside; be depressed; aloes

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    sink, submerge; addicted to; surname

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Shen

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to sink, to submerge; addicted; surname

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To sink. Objects entering water and descending are called 沈. Hence, being deeply immersed and unable to quickly emerge is called 沈迷 (obsessed), 沈溺 (addicted)—both referring to attachments. | The meaning of being deep and not superficially revealed. As in describing someone who is quiet and speaks little as 深沈 (profound). | A surname. In ancient times was a state name. Also, Shenqiu is a place name. Both read in Rising tone. | [Character explanation] Commonly written as 沈, or with an added dot. Both are incorrect.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    chin(チン) チン

    jin(ジン) ジン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    shizu.meru(しず-める) しず-める

    shizu.mu(しず-む) しず-む

  • Strokes

    tip

    7 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    水 氵 氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)

  • Related Keywords

    to sink depressed quiet submerge descend suppress plunge drown settle immerse stall gloomy somber still hushed decline drop

Sentences including 沈

  • The sun was setting.

  • Her heart broke when her husband died.

  • The ship was ready to sink any time.

  • The sun is just setting.

  • The sun is about to sink.

  • The sun is about to set.

  • It was his silence which made her angry.

  • The sun has gone down.

  • The sun is about to set.

  • I saw the ship sink in the sea.

Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces

More kanji with the radical 水 氵 氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)

See all kanji with this radical →

Share This Page

Share this link via

Or copy link