KanjiN2Secondary school · 中学7 strokesRadical 水
沈 · sink, be submerged
沈 is a kanji meaning sink, be submerged, subside, be depressed. It has 7 strokes and is on the JLPT N2 list.
On'yomi · from Chinese
- チンchin
- ジンjin
Kun'yomi · Japanese
- しずむshizumu
- しずめるshizumeru
Practise the N2 kanji
In 第13巻 JLPT N2, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.
Words that use 沈 · 5 in our JLPT lists
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 沈むしずむ | しずむ | to sink; to feel depressed | N3 |
| 沈めるしずめる | しずめる | to sink, to submerge | N1 |
| 沈殿ちんでん | ちんでん | precipitation, deposition, settlement | N1 |
| 沈没ちんぼつ | ちんぼつ | sinking, foundering | N1 |
| 沈黙ちんもく | ちんもく | silence, reticence | N1 |
Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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