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See also: 沈 and 瀋
沉 U+6C89, 沉
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C89
← 沈
[U+6C88] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 沊 →
[U+6C8A]

Translingual

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Han character

沉 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 水月竹弓 (EBHN) or 水月竹山 (EBHU), four-corner 37110, composition ⿰氵冗(GJKV) or ⿰氵⿱冖儿(HT))

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 610, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17190
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1003, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1574, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+6C89
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Chinese

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Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (冘) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
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Variant of 沈, see there for more.

Etymology

MSEA areal etymon: similar words exist in Austroasiatic, Kra-Dai, & Tibeto-Burman; yet those are difficult to match with potential OC relations (Schuessler, 2007).

Possible allofams are 淫 (OC *lɯm), 瀋 (OC *l̥ʰjɯmʔ), 函 (OC *ɡuːm, *ɡruːm), & 湛 (OC *ʔl'uːm, *r'uːmʔ, *l'um) (ibid.).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • cam4 - literary;
  • zam6 - vernacular.
  • Dialectal data
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Definitions

沉

  1. to sink; to submerge (into water)
    我頂泳帽沉咗落水底。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    我顶泳帽沉咗落水底。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    ngo5 deng2 wing6 mou6-2 cam4 zo2 lok6 seoi2 dai2. [Jyutping]
    My swimming cap sank to the bottom of the pool.
  2. to fall; to sink; to subside
  3. to settle; to make sink
  4. to suppress; to stifle; to neglect
  5. to be neglected
  6. to indulge in; to be given to
  7. to hide; to be hidden
  8. heavy; weighty
  9. dark; gloomy
  10. deep; profound
    睡得很沉  ―  shuì de hěn chén  ―  to sleep soundly
  11. long (duration); prolonged; lengthy
  12. deeply; profoundly
  13. (Cantonese) alternative form of 浸 (zam6, “to drown”)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 重 (“heavy”) [map]
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Dialectal synonyms of 沉 (“deep; sound (sleep)”) [map]
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Compounds

  • 一頭兒沉 / 一头儿沉 (yītóurchén)
  • 下沉 (xiàchén)
  • 不沉木
  • 低沉 (dīchén)
  • 兔缺烏沉 / 兔缺乌沉
  • 升沉 (shēngchén)
  • 南極星沉 / 南极星沉
  • 口沉
  • 小隙沉舟
  • 屁股沉
  • 屈沉
  • 悶沉沉 / 闷沉沉
  • 意志消沉
  • 打個沉兒 / 打个沉儿
  • 打破沉默
  • 折戟沉沙 (zhéjǐchénshā)
  • 提沉
  • 昏昏沉沉
  • 昏沉 (hūnchén)
  • 暮氣沉沉 / 暮气沉沉
  • 月落星沉
  • 死氣沉沉 / 死气沉沉 (sǐqìchénchén)
  • 沉下臉 / 沉下脸
  • 沉不住氣 / 沉不住气
  • 沉伏
  • 沉住氣 / 沉住气 (chénzhùqì)
  • 沉冥
  • 沉冤 (chényuān)
  • 沉冤莫白
  • 沉勇 (chényǒng)
  • 沉博絕麗 / 沉博绝丽
  • 沉厚
  • 沉厚寡言
  • 沉吟 (chényín)
  • 沉吟章句
  • 沉寂 (chénjì)
  • 沉屁股
  • 沉得住氣 / 沉得住气
  • 沉心
  • 沉思 (chénsī)
  • 沉悶 / 沉闷 (chénmèn)
  • 沉憂 / 沉忧
  • 沉抑 (chényì)
  • 沉李浮瓜
  • 沉枷
  • 沉毅 (chényì)
  • 沉水
  • 沉水香
  • 沉沒 / 沉没 (chénmò)
  • 沉沉 (chénchén)
  • 沉浸 (chénjìn)
  • 沉浮 (chénfú)
  • 沉淪 / 沉沦 (chénlún)
  • 沉湖 (Chénhú)
  • 沉湎 (chénmiǎn)
  • 沉渣 (chénzhā)
  • 沉湎淫逸
  • 沉溺 (chénnì)
  • 沉滯 / 沉滞 (chénzhì)
  • 沉漸剛克 / 沉渐刚克
  • 沉潛剛克 / 沉潜刚克
  • 沉澱 / 沉淀 (chéndiàn)
  • 沉灶產蛙 / 沉灶产蛙
  • 沉甸甸
  • 沉痛 (chéntòng)
  • 沉痼 (chéngù)
  • 沉痾 / 沉疴 (chénkē)
  • 沉眠 (chénmián)
  • 沉睡 (chénshuì)
  • 沉積 / 沉积 (chénjī)
  • 沉積作用 / 沉积作用
  • 沉積岩 / 沉积岩 (chénjīyán)
  • 沉積物 / 沉积物 (chénjīwù)
  • 沉穩 / 沉稳 (chénwěn)
  • 沉箱 (chénxiāng)
  • 沉綿 / 沉绵 (chénmián)
  • 沉脈 / 沉脉
  • 沉舟破釜
  • 沉菜
  • 沉著 (chénzhuó)
  • 沉著痛快
  • 沉落 (chénluò)
  • 沉迷 (chénmí)
  • 沉遠 / 沉远
  • 沉邃
  • 沉酣 (chénhān)
  • 沉醉 (chénzuì)
  • 沉重 (chénzhòng)
  • 沉重寡言
  • 沉重少言
  • 沉降 (chénjiàng)
  • 沉陰 / 沉阴
  • 沉陷 (chénxiàn)
  • 沉雄 (chénxióng)
  • 沉雄古逸
  • 沉靜 / 沉静 (chénjìng)
  • 沉靜少言 / 沉静少言
  • 沉香 (chénxiāng)
  • 沉鬱 / 沉郁 (chényù)
  • 沉鬱頓挫 / 沉郁顿挫
  • 沉魚落雁 / 沉鱼落雁 (chényúluòyàn)
  • 沉默 (chénmò)
  • 沉默寡言 (chénmòguǎyán)
  • 沉默是金 (chénmò shì jīn)
  • 浮沉 (fúchén)
  • 消沉 (xiāochén)
  • 浮沉船塢 / 浮沉船坞
  • 浮沉酒醆 / 浮沉酒盏
  • 浮瓜沉李
  • 海相沉積 / 海相沉积
  • 浮石沉木
  • 深沉 (shēnchén)
  • 淹沉
  • 湮沉
  • 玄石沉湎
  • 玉石同沉
  • 玉碎珠沉
  • 珠沉滄海 / 珠沉沧海
  • 珠沉玉沒 / 珠沉玉没
  • 珠沉玉碎
  • 珠沉璧碎
  • 石沉大海 (shíchéndàhǎi)
  • 破釜沉舟 (pòfǔchénzhōu)
  • 破釜沉船
  • 碧沉沉
  • 神州陸沉 / 神州陆沉 (shénzhōulùchén)
  • 積羽沉舟 / 积羽沉舟
  • 缾沉簪折 / 瓶沉簪折
  • 耳沉 (ěrchén)
  • 聽沉 / 听沉
  • 與世沉浮 / 与世沉浮
  • 與世浮沉 / 与世浮沉
  • 與時浮沉 / 与时浮沉
  • 船沉鉅鹿 / 船沉巨鹿
  • 落雁沉魚 / 落雁沉鱼
  • 載沉載浮 / 载沉载浮
  • 轟沉 / 轰沉
  • 鉤沉 / 钩沉 (gōuchén)
  • 銀質沉著 / 银质沉著
  • 鐵鎖沉江 / 铁锁沉江
  • 閉目沉思 / 闭目沉思
  • 陰沉 / 阴沉 (yīnchén)
  • 陸沉 / 陆沉 (lùchén)
  • 陰沉木 / 阴沉木
  • 陰沉沉 / 阴沉沉
  • 陸相沉積 / 陆相沉积
  • 陰陰沉沉 / 阴阴沉沉
  • 隨世沉浮 / 随世沉浮
  • 隨俗沉浮 / 随俗沉浮
  • 隨俗浮沉 / 随俗浮沉
  • 雁杳魚沉 / 雁杳鱼沉 (yànyǎoyúchén)
  • 飛沉 / 飞沉
  • 香銷玉沉 / 香销玉沉
  • 體沉 / 体沉
  • 鬱沉沉 / 郁沉沉
  • 魚沉 / 鱼沉
  • 魚沉雁杳 / 鱼沉雁杳 (yúchényànyǎo)
  • 魚沉雁渺 / 鱼沉雁渺
  • 魚沉雁落 / 鱼沉雁落
  • 魚雁沉沉 / 鱼雁沉沉
  • 黑沉沉

References

  • “沉”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
  • 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “沉”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 29.
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Japanese

Kanji

沉

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

沉 • (chim, sim) (hangeul 침, 심, revised chim, sim, McCune–Reischauer ch'im, sim, Yale chim, sim)

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Vietnamese

Han character

沉: Hán Nôm readings: tròm, chằm, chìm, đắm, đẫm, ngằm, ngầm, trằm, trầm, đẵm

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