淪 (leon4 | lun2) : sink; decline; fall

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淪

leon4

lun2

sink; decline; fall

Stroke count: 11

Level: 3

Radical: 水 (#85)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

淪 / 沦

This word has been viewed 2665 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by claw on 7th Apr 2008 20:02 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:47

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淪落 leon4 lok6 lun2 luo4 = fall low; come down in the world; be reduced to poverty

淪為 leon4 wai4 lun2 wei2 = to degenerate into

沉淪 cam4 leon4 chen2 lun2 = sink into bad habits

淪陷 leon4 haam6 lun2 xian4 = fall into enemy hands

淪肌浹髓 leon4 gei1 zip3 seoi5 = to receive a profound impression

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Decimal representation of this word: 淪
Unicode code for this character: U+6dea (off-site link)

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