Meta:

  1. 沉 is the 746th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 48 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (water), (cover), (table)
Graphical :
=> , , , 丿,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. chen1 - see 黑沉沉[hei1 chen1 chen1]
  2. chen2 - to submerge/to immerse/to sink/to keep down/to lower/to drop/deep/profound/heavy

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

沉重 
沉默 

Medium Frequency

低沉 
 
沉寂 
沉思 
沉闷 (沉悶)
沉沉 
沉没 (沉沒)
沉浸 
沉沦 (沉淪)
沉溺 
沉淀 (沉澱)
沉睡 
沉稳 (沉穩)
沉着 (沉著)
沉迷 
沉醉 
沉静 (沉靜)
消沉 
深沉 
阴沉 (陰沉)

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Meta:

  1. 吟 is the 2012th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 11 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (mouth), (human), (dot), (N/A)
Graphical :
=> , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yin2 - to moan/to hum

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 吟 (yin2): The component 今 is pronounced as 'jin1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

呻吟 

Medium Frequency

吟唱 
吟诗 (吟詩)
吟诵 (吟誦)
沉吟 
无病呻吟 (無病呻吟)
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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