Chinese characters : Query result

Character: 沉

Modern (Beijing) reading: chén

Preclassic Old Chinese: dhrǝm

Classic Old Chinese: dhrǝm

Western Han Chinese: ḍhǝm

Eastern Han Chinese: ḍhǝm

Early Postclassic Chinese: ḍhim

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ḍhim

Late Postclassic Chinese: ḍhim

Middle Chinese: ḍim

English meaning : to sink in, plunge in

Russian meaning[s]: см. 沈

Comments: Frequently confused with 沈. Regular Sino-Viet. is trầm. Another probable Viet. loan from the same source is Viet. d_ắm 'to sink'. For *dh cf. Xiamen thiam⁶ (reflecting *dhrǝm-s), Fuzhou theŋ².

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 85

Four-angle index: 7700

Vietnamese reading: chìm

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