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沈 = 水 + 冘
沈 is a Japanese kanji written with 7 strokes, listed here under the keyword “sink”. It is built from 水 (water) and 冘 (garter). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2033.
- Keyword
- sink
- RTK frame
- 2033
- Strokes
- 7
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- チン, ジン
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- しず.む, しず.める
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- рак
- Same glyph as a simplified Chinese hanzi
- 沈 sink
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 沈 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “water” + “garter”. 沈 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 沈 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.