Question

沈 しず.む、しず.める sink, be submerged, subside, be depressed, aloes 2 1271 7 85 みず・したみず・さんずい 形声 Phonetic (thx geezer) The maimed waitress (no head and arms just her legs and trunk) is dropped into the water with a cement crown to make sure she sinks. She shouldn´t have been so nosy about her yakuza-boyfriend´s schemes.

Accepted Answer

チン、ジン しん 沈黙(ちんもく): (1) silence; hush (2) reticence; inaction沈没(ちんぼつ): sinking; foundering; going down; submersion沈む(しずむ): to sink; to feel depressed; to descend沈める(しずめる): (1) to sink; to submerge (2) to floor (an opponent)沈澱(ちんでん): precipitation; deposition; settlement (e.g. of sediment) S 水: water冘: to move on; doubtful 水 4 (none) sink This is the famous story of Archimedes and the Crown, where buoyancy was discovered. Watching the crown sink in the water, Archimedes detected the fraud and ran naked through the city (human legs distorted from running) yelling "Eureka! Eureka!" See http://math.nyu.edu/~crorres/Archimedes/Crown/CrownIntro.html and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eureka_%28word%29.

Kanji	沈
Onyomi	チン、ジン
Kunyomi	しず.む、しず.める
Nanori	しん
English	sink, be submerged, subside, be depressed, aloes
Examples	沈黙(ちんもく): (1) silence; hush (2) reticence; inaction 沈没(ちんぼつ): sinking; foundering; going down; submersion 沈む(しずむ): to sink; to feel depressed; to descend 沈める(しずめる): (1) to sink; to submerge (2) to floor (an opponent) 沈澱(ちんでん): precipitation; deposition; settlement (e.g. of sediment)
JLPT Level	2
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	1271
Components	水: water 冘: to move on; doubtful
Number of Strokes	7
Kanji Radical	水
Radical Number	85
Radical Strokes	4
Radical Reading	みず・したみず・さんずい
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	sink
Koohii Story 1	(thx geezer) The maimed waitress (no head and arms just her legs and trunk) is dropped into the water with a cement crown to make sure she sinks. She shouldn´t have been so nosy about her yakuza-boyfriend´s schemes.
Koohii Story 2	This is the famous story of Archimedes and the Crown, where buoyancy was discovered. Watching the crown sink in the water, Archimedes detected the fraud and ran naked through the city (human legs distorted from running) yelling "Eureka! Eureka!" See http://math.nyu.edu/~crorres/Archimedes/Crown/CrownIntro.html and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eureka_%28word%29.

Sink Water Legs Crown Archimedes 沈 チン、ジン しず.む、しず.める

Sink Water Legs Crown Archimedes 沈チン、ジンしず.む、しず.める