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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 zhuó