沈

For more information please refer to traditional form: 瀋

Information about character(s)

Radical: 水
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 4
Total Strokes: 7
Traditional Form: 瀋
Variants: 沉

Pronunciation

Pinyin: chén, shěn, tán
Cantonese: cam4 sam2
JapaneseKun: SHIZUMU SHIZUMERU
JapaneseOn: CHIN JIN SHIN
Korean: CHIM SIM
Vietnamese: đắm

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: sink, submerge; addicted to; surname

CE-Dict: variant of 沉[chen2]

Soothill: 沉 To sink; heavy.

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《水部》沈陵上滈水也。从水冘聲。一曰濁黕也。

Buddhism words and phrases sink, be submerged, to disappear, be lost, destroyed, weaken, decline

CF-Dict: (nom de famille)

Han-De-Dict: Ortsname (u.E.) (S)/Shen (u.E.) (Eig, Fam)