沉 chén
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 冗 excessive
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
沉默
chénmò
silent
Characters in this word
默 mò
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 黑 — black
- Made of
- 黑 black 犬 dog
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 他一直沉默。 Tā yìzhí chénmò. He stays silent all the time.
- 大家都沉默。 Dàjiā dōu chénmò. Everyone is silent.
- 她沉默不语。 Tā chénmò bù yǔ. She stays silent and says nothing.