shěn
sink, submerge, deep

Animated Stroke Order 沈

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Stroke Order Diagrams 沈

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Example Sentences

Real-world example sentences demonstrating how is used in context
1
zuò
zài
chuāng
qián
shěn
le
hěn
jiǔ

He sat by the window deep in thought for a long time

2
shěn
yáng
shì
dōng
běi
zhòng
yào
de
gōng
chéng
shì

Shenyang is an important industrial city in Northeast China

3
zhè
ge
xiāo
ràng
xīn
qíng
hěn
shěn
zhòng

This news made him feel very heavy-hearted

Information

Traditional
Radical
Strokes7
StructureLeft-Right
Frequency
Zhuyinㄕㄣˇ
Components
UnicodeU+6C88
CangjieEHN
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Cultural note

Traditional Chinese culture often connects characters and names with the Five Elements (Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water) and Yin–Yang, a system also used to describe personality tendencies.

Learn how the Five Elements describe personality