1. 沈

沈

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Meta:

  1. 沈 is the 1679th most frequent character.
  2. 沈 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 沈 appears as a character in 8 words.
  4. 沈 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
沈 => 氵, 冘
Radical :
沈 => 氵 (water), 巾 (turban/scarf), 乚 (second)
Graphical :
沈 => ⺀, ㇀, 冂, 丨, 乚

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Shen3 - surname Shen/place name
  2. chen2 - variant of 沉[chen2]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

沈阳 (瀋陽)

Medium Frequency

沈 
沈阳市 (沈陽市)
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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