沈
(literary) juice
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,504 U+6C88
How 沈 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
氵 (semantic, “water”) + 冘 (phonetic, yóu)
components: 氵 冘
How to remember it
Shen · Heisig RSH #2501
水 water + Frankenbowser Rex
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 冘
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 冘 (yóu) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 冘 sound component | yóu | to move on; doubtful |
| 枕 | zhěn | pillow |
| 耽 | dān | to indulge; to delay |
| 忱 | chén | honesty, sincerity, zeal |
| 眈 | dān | to stare at, to gaze intently; to delay, to hinder |
| 鸩 | zhèn | a bird resembling the secretary falcon |
Words containing 沈
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 沈北新区 | Shěn běi Xīn qū | Shenbei New District, a district of Shenyang City 瀋陽市|沈阳市[Shen3 yang2 Shi4], Liaoning |
| 沈阳市 | Shěn yáng Shì | Shenyang, sub-provincial city and capital of Liaoning Province 遼寧省|辽宁省[Liao2 ning2 Sheng3] |
| 沈河区 | Shěn hé Qū | Shenhe, a district of Shenyang City 瀋陽市|沈阳市[Shen3 yang2 Shi4], Liaoning |
| 沈国放 | Shěn Guó fàng | Shen Guofang (1952-), PRC assistant minister of foreign affairs (2003-2005) |
| 沈阳故宫 | Shěn yáng Gù gōng | Mukden Palace, aka Shenyang Imperial Palace, the main imperial palace during the early yea… |
| 沈从文 | Shěn Cóng wén | Shen Congwen (1902-1988), novelist |
| 沈丘县 | Shěn qiū Xiàn | Shenqiu, a county in Zhoukou City 周口市[Zhou1 kou3 Shi4], Henan |
| 沈阳 | Shěn yáng | see 瀋陽市|沈阳市[Shen3 yang2 Shi4] |
| 沈河 | Shěn hé | see 瀋河區|沈河区[Shen3 he2 Qu1] |
| 沈北 | Shěn běi | see 沈北新區|沈北新区[Shen3 bei3 Xin1 qu1] |
| 沈约 | Shěn Yuē | Shen Yue (441-513), writer and historian during Liang of Southern dynasties 南朝梁, compiler … |
| 沈复 | Shěn Fù | Shen Fu (1763-c. 1810), Qing dynasty writer, author of Six Records of a Floating Life 浮生六記… |
| 辽沈战役 | Liáo shěn Zhàn yì | Liaoshen Campaign (Sep-Nov 1948), the first of the three major campaigns by the People's L… |
| 沈丘 | Shěn qiū | see 沈丘縣|沈丘县[Shen3 qiu1 Xian4] |
| 沈括 | Shěn Kuò | Shen Kuo (1031-1095), Chinese polymath, scientist and statesman of Song dynasty, author of… |
| 沈莹 | Shěn Yíng | Shen Ying of Wu, governor (268-280) of coastal province of Wu and compiler of Seaboard Geo… |
| 沈葆桢 | Shěn Bǎo zhēn | Shen Baozhen (1820-1879), Qing Minister of the Navy, founded Fuzhou Naval College 船政學堂|船政学… |