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CHINESE CHARACTER

chén

沉

沉

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deep

Numbered pinyin
chen2
English meanings
see 黑沉沉[hei1 chen1 chen1], to submerge, to immerse, to sink, to keep down, to lower, to drop, deep, profound, heavy

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Left–right structure

Left–right arrangement: left 氵; right 冗.

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿰氵冗

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    chuán船chén沉le了。

    The ship sank.

  2. 02

    shítou石头chén沉xiàqu下去。

    The stone sank.

  3. 03

    shuì睡de得chén沉。

    Sleeping deeply.

  4. 04

    xīnli心里hěn很chén沉。

    Feeling heavy-hearted.

  5. 05

    bié别tài太chénmèn沉闷。

    Don't be too dull.

  6. 06

    chén沉xià下xīn心xuéxí学习。

    Settle down to study.

Explore words connected to this character.

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  • 沉着
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  • 沉迷
  • 沉重
  • 沉闷
  • 沉默
  • 消沉