# 沈 — Sink

Frequency rank 1121 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Rarer in this ranking, but still part of the 2,608-character published set.

More common than 詳 (Detailed), less common than 旨 (Point).

- On’yomi: ちん
- Kun’yomi: しず
- Radical: 水 Water (Kangxi 85)
- Frequency path: Level IX of XX

A tsunami wave on the left crashes over a hat on the right, pushing it down — the hat sinks beneath the water.

In words:

- 沈む しずむ — to sink,to feel depressed
- 沈める しずめる — to sink;to submerge
- 沈黙 ちんもく — silence;reticence

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