浸沉
jìn​chén

immerse

浸 jìn soak

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

彐
彐 Sound component
jì snout
冖
冖 Unknown component
mì cover
又
又 Unknown component
yòu again

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsims
sʰim
Unicodetzìm

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

沉 chén, chēn sink

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 冘 represents the sound. Variant of 沈.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

冘
冘 Sound component
yín, yóu to move on

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangl'um
Unicodedjhim

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica