Memory phrase for the character: 沈

沈

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Meaning

to submerge, to sink, immerse, to lower, drop, variant of 沉

Pronunciation

 chén, shěn

Explanation

 Left: water 氵, right: 冘 (big person 大 with broken arms 冖 and a broken leg 乚)

Mnemonic
 
In the water is sb. with broken limbs, who will submerge!

Radicals

氵 waterSimplified from this water 水
冘 broken arms and legsonly one broken leg at 尢
乚 lighting rodThe use of this component is not consistent. From the character for electricity 电 comes the meaning "lightning rod". Also other explanations are used such as "hook" or "kneeling person".
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 Vocabulary

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