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Character Decomposition
沉=氵+冗
Etymology
An excessive 冗 amount of water 氵
Meanings
to submerge
to immerse
to sink
to keep down
to lower
to drop
deep
profound
heavy
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Words with 沉 156 total
(of weather) overcast; gloomy · (of a voice) low and deep · low-spirited; downcast低沉dī chénsilence · stillness沉寂chén jìchronic illness; (fig.) deep-rooted problem; longstanding issue沉疴chén kēoppressive (of weather) · heavy · depressed · not happy · (of sound) dull · muffled沉闷chén mèn(literary) to wallow in; to indulge in; to be deeply engrossed in沉湎chén miǎn(fig.) to indulge in; to wallow in (addiction, vice etc) · (literary) to sink into water沉溺chén nìto contemplate · to ponder · contemplation · meditation沉思chén sīcaisson · sink box沉箱chén xiāngto mutter to oneself irresolutely沉吟chén yínmelancholy; gloomy沉郁chén yùheavy · hard · serious · critical沉重chén zhòngsteady · calm and collected · not nervous沉着chén zhuódeep · profound · (of a person) reserved · undemonstrative · (of a voice, sound etc) deep · low-pitched深沉shēn chénto sink into despondency · (of morale, willpower etc) to diminish; to plummet消沉xiāo chéngloomy阴沉yīn chénto sink down下沉xià chénto attack and sink (a ship)击沉jī chénmurky · dazed · befuddled · dizzy昏沉hūn chén(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)沉淀chén diànopen caisson沉井chén jǐngstagnant · congealed · fig. grave in manner · low (of voice)沉凝chén níngdeeply · heavily沉沉chén chénto sink沉没chén mòlit. sinking and floating · to bob up and down on water · ebb and flow · fig. rise and fall · ups and downs of fortune · vicissitudes沉浮chén fú
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