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沈

7 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
冖 尢 汁
Variants:
沉
sink, be submerged, subside, be depressed, aloes
Kun:
しず.む、 しず.める
On:
チン、 ジン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1271 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 沈着 【チンチャク】 composure, calmness, self-possession, presence of mind, depositing (at the bottom), deposition, accumulation, adherence
  • 沈下 【チンカ】 sinking, subsidence
  • 浮沈 【フチン】 floating and sinking, rise and fall, ebb and flow, ups and downs
  • 撃沈 【ゲキチン】 (attacking and) sinking (a ship), sending (a ship) to the bottom
  • 沈香 【ジンコウ】 agarwood, aloeswood, gharuwood, eaglewood, agalloch, agallochum, aquilaria tree, lign aloes
  • 沈香も焚かず屁も放らず 【ジンコウモタカズヘモヒラズ】 having few faults as well as few virtues, not burning agarwood (incense); not passing wind

Kun reading compounds

  • 沈む 【しずむ】 to sink, to go under, to submerge, to go down (e.g. sun), to set, to descend, to feel depressed, to become subdued, to become somber
  • 沈む瀬あれば浮かぶ瀬あり 【しずむせあればうかぶせあり】 life has its ups and downs, he who falls today may rise tomorrow
  • 沈める 【しずめる】 to sink (e.g. a ship), to submerge, to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair), to floor (an opponent)

Readings

Japanese names:
しん
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chen2, shen3
Korean:
chim, sim

Spanish

  • hundido
  • sumergido
  • deprimido
  • desanimado
  • hundirse
  • sumergirse
  • deprimirse
  • desanimarse

Portuguese

  • afundar
  • submergir
  • abaixar
  • deprimir-se
  • aloés

French

  • couler
  • être submergé
  • s'enfoncer
  • être déprimé
  • aloès
1601 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1319 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2508 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1097 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
668 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
399 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
936 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
964 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1129 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1166 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
306 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
195 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
231 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1906 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17189 Morohashi
261 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3069 New Nelson (John Haig)
1888 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2033 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1139 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
357 2001 Kanji
3a4.9 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-4 SKIP code
3411.2 Four corner code
1-36-32 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6c88 Unicode hex code

黙

15 strokes
Radical:
black 黑
Parts:
杰 犬 里 黒
Variants:
默
silence, become silent, stop speaking, leave as is
Kun:
だま.る、 もだ.す
On:
モク、 ボク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1338 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 黙祷 【モクトウ】 silent prayer
  • 黙示 【モクシ】 (tacitly) implying, implication, revelation
  • 寡黙 【カモク】 untalkative, quiet, taciturn, reticent, uncommunicative
  • 温厚寡黙 【オンコウカモク】 gentle and reticent

Kun reading compounds

  • 黙る 【だまる】 to be silent, to say nothing

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mo4
Korean:
mug

Spanish

  • silencio
  • callarse
  • dejar de hablar

Portuguese

  • silêncio
  • tornar-se silencioso
  • parar de falar
  • deixar como está

French

  • silence
  • se taire
  • laisser en l'état
1856 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1418 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2796 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1581 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1925 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2405 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1578 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1684 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
869 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1941 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3554 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1833 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2494 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
245 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
48063P Morohashi
2865 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
7055 New Nelson (John Haig)
240 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
255 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1819 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3640 2001 Kanji
4d11.5 The Kanji Dictionary
2-11-4 SKIP code
6333.3 Four corner code
1-44-59 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9ed9 Unicode hex code

螺

17 strokes
Radical:
insect 虫
Parts:
小 幺 田 糸 虫
small, edible, helical fresh-water mollusk
Kun:
にし、 にな
On:
ラ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 螺 【ニシ】 small spiral-shelled snail, spiral shellfish
  • 螺旋 【ラセン】 spiral, helix, screw
  • 馬蹄螺 【バテイラ】 Omphalius pfeifferi pfeifferi (subspecies of top shell)
  • サラサ馬蹄螺 【サラサバテイラ】 Tectus maximus (species of top shell)

Kun reading compounds

  • 螺 【にし】 small spiral-shelled snail, spiral shellfish
  • 赤螺 【あかにし】 veined rapa whelk (Rapana venosa)
  • 長螺 【ながにし】 perplexed spindle (species of sea snail, Fusinus perplexus)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
luo2
Korean:
ra, re

Spanish

Portuguese

French

4184 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2805 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1799 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1293 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
33512 Morohashi
5382 New Nelson (John Haig)
2691 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2730 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
6d11.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-11 SKIP code
5619.3 Four corner code
1-45-70 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
87ba Unicode hex code

旋

11 strokes
Radical:
square 方
Parts:
方 疋 乞
rotation, go around
Kun:
め.ぐる、 いばり
On:
セン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1801 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 旋律 【センリツ】 melody, tune
  • 旋風 【センプウ】 whirlwind, sensation, commotion, hullabaloo
  • 螺旋 【ラセン】 spiral, helix, screw
  • 回旋 【カイセン】 rotation, revolution, convolution

Readings

Japanese names:
せ、 めぐり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xuan2, xuan4
Korean:
seon

Spanish

  • girar
  • rotar
  • dar vueltas
  • regresar

Portuguese

  • rotação
  • ir de uma lado para outro

French

  • rotation
  • révolution
1494 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1648 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2091 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1077 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1400 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1005 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1042 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1527 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
960 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1194 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
650 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
862 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1055 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13656 Morohashi
957 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2400 New Nelson (John Haig)
1046 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1125 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1447 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
470 2001 Kanji
4h7.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-7 SKIP code
0828.1 Four corner code
1-32-91 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
65cb Unicode hex code