Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 沈


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Meaning

sink, go down, fall

Pronunciation

CHIN
shizumu/meru

Explanation

Left: water , right: 冘 (big person with broken arms and a broken leg )

Mnemonic

In the water is sb. with broken arms and leg: Now he is sinking.

Radicals

water(The radical sanzui is a short form of water )
moving feet(Radical: hitoashi)
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Vocabulary

沈む しずむ to sink, to feel depressed
沈める しずめる to sink, to submerge
沈殿 ちんでん precipitation, deposition, settlement (e.g. of sediment)
沈没 ちんぼつ sinking, foundering
沈黙 ちんもく silence, reticence

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