Chinese Character 沉 Meanings and components.

Form

沉

Meaning

沉 meaning[3] in English

See 黑沉沉[Hei1 Chen1 Chen1].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 沉 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'water' radical in … (氵) , and extraneous (冗)

Its radical[1] is: 水 (shui3) which means: Surname Shui, .水shui3surname Shui

In cangjie it is written with EBHN

How to write 沉

To write沉chen2see 黑沉沉[hei1 … you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 冗rong3extraneous arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 冗 = 沉

沉 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 沉 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 沉, looks as follow:

沉
Pinyin:chen2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: See 黑沉沉[Hei1 Chen1 Chen1]
氵
Pinyin:shui5
Meaning[3]: 'Water' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 85), Occurring In 没, 法, 流 Etc . See Also 三點水|三点水[San1 Dian3 Shui3]
冗
Pinyin:rong3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Extraneous . Redundant . Superfluous . Busy Schedule
冖
Pinyin:mi4
Meaning[3]: 'Cover' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 14), Occurring In 軍|军[Jun1], 冠[Guan1] Etc, Known As 禿寶蓋|秃宝盖[Tu1 Bao3 Gai4] Or 平寶蓋|平宝盖[Ping2 Bao3 Gai4]
几
Pinyin:ji3
Meaning[3]: Small Table

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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