沉底 (chén de) — sediment; sedimentation

Definition

noun
sedimentsedimentation

Examples

  • 沉底。
    Zhè ge hú lǐ de chén de hěn duō.
    There is a lot of sediment in this lake.
  • 沉底。
    chén de De xíng chéng shì yí gè huǎn màn de guò chéng.
    Sedimentation is a slow process.
  • 沉底。
    Dì zhì xué jiā zhèng zài fēn xī chén de de yàng běn.
    Geologists are analyzing sediment samples.

Origin

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
广广guǎngbuilding
Sound part声符shēngfú
氐
氐dī底dǐ
Same sound today

底 pairs 广 (building) with 氐, pointing to the bottom or foundation of a building. Some read 氐 as a bowing figure or tree root, adding a sense of 'down'.

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