沉 = 氵 + 冗

沉 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “sink”. It is built from 氵 (water) and 冗 (excessive).

Keyword: sink
Pinyin (Mandarin): chén
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: sink, submerge, погружаться, тонуть, submerge

Decomposition

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氵 water
冗 excessive

How to find 沉 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “water” + “excessive”. 沉 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 沉 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.