This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: チン、ジン、しず.む、しず.める
Romaji: chin, jin, shizu.mu, shizu.meru
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Name Reading

Kana: しん
Romaji: shin
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Meanings

sink, be submerged, subside, be depressed, aloes

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  7
Radical Number:  85
Frequency:  1271
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-3-4
Korean Reading:  sim
Chinese Reading:  shen3
Unicode:  6c88
JIS:  4440

Indexes

Halpern Index: 261
Nelson Index: 2508
New Nelson Index: 3069
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3a4.9
Four Corner Index: 3411.2
Guide to Remembering Index: 1601
Gakken Index: 1319
Japanese Names Index: 399
Daikanwanjiten Index: 17189
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 6.0963
Remembering the kanji Index: 1888
Kanji Flashcards Index: 668
Kodansha Compact Index: 1166
Kanji in Context Index: 1129
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 195
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 231
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1906
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2033
Essential Kanji Index: 1097
Kodansha Kanji Index: 306
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 357
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1139

Words

沈没 (ちんぼつ)
sinking; foundering; going down; submersion; getting dead drunk; having too much fun (esp. in a red-light district, etc.) and missing work or neglecting one's duties; staying in one place for a long time
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
沈める (しずめる)
to sink; to submerge; to floor (an opponent)
沈下 (ちんか)
sinking; subsidence
沈静 (ちんせい)
stillness; tranquility; tranquillity; dullness
撃沈 (げきちん)
sending a ship to the bottom; sinking (a ship); to sink a ship
沈黙 (ちんもく)
silence; being silent; quiet; hush; reticence; inaction
沈着 (ちんちゃく)
settling or depositing (at the bottom of something); deposition; pigmentation; composure; calmness
沈澱 (ちんでん)
precipitation; deposition; settlement (e.g. of sediment)
自沈 (じちん)
scuttling one's own boat
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