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chén(chen2) , shěn(shen3) , tán(tan2) // pronunciations of 沈 in Mandarin Pinyin

Basic information about 沈

Unihan definition: sink, submerge; addicted to; surname

Number of strokes: 7
Examples of other characters consisting of 7 strokes: , , , , , , , , ,

Radical:  85.4

Frequency rank: 1681

General standard index number: 0870

Traditional variant:

Examples of words containing this character: 沈丘, 沈复, 沈括, 沈河, 沈莹, 沈约, 沈阳, 沈丘县, 沈北新, 沈国放, 沈从文, 沈河区, 沈葆祯, 沈阳市, 沈阳市, 沈北新区, 沈鱼落雁, 辽沈战役, 雁杳鱼沉

English translation (based on CEDICT):

沈[Shěn]:
- surname Shen
- place name
沈[chén]:
- variant of [chen2]
瀋|沈[shěn]:
- liquid
- to pour

Details

Unicode code point: U+6C88

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