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Variants
Phonetic
Semantic
Apparent
瀋 冘 水 ⿰⺡冘
Mandarin
shen3, chen2, tan2, zhen4, chen3
English
Definitions
to sink; surname; place name; addicted to; name; submerge
Mnemonic
Relating to water 水; meaning of heavy probably derives from 冘
Etymology
Notes
Original form showed ox 牛 falling headfirst into an abyss 𣶒: maybe a form of sacrifice; current form is an early simplification