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Sink
辛克 is the name Sink in Chinese (Mandarin).
Sink
シンク is the name Sink in Japanese Katakana.
Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.
Not Only Can Water Float A Boat, It Can Sink It Also
Many things have opposite properties. The water you drink can also drown you. Pork may nourish you and keep you alive but under-cook it and it could kill you. Potassium nitrate is often used as a fertilizer to grow the food that sustains us but it's also been used as an explosive to topple buildings and destroy us.
This concept is easily associated with “yin yang” where an element has two opposite properties that are as different as night and day.
This proverb's meaning can be summed up this way: “Anything that can lead you to success may also contain great risks.”
This phrase is known in literary circles by Korean people (scholars or literature). It is therefore also a valid proverb in Korean Hanja, though most Koreans would not be able to make sense of it.
Please note that there is an unwritten rule when the same character appears twice in the same phrase, the calligrapher will alter the appearance so that no two characters are exactly alike in the same piece. This calligraphy has two repeating characters that will be written differently than they appear here.
Shen / Shum
Surname
This is a Chinese surname that romanizes as Shen from Mandarin or Shum from Cantonese.
In Japanese, it can be the surnames Chin, Chimu, Sen, Sun, Shin, or Shimu.
The meaning is to sink or heavy.
This 沈 character is a variant of 沉.
Beautiful Woman Proverb
沈魚落雁 is an old proverb that literally means “fish sink, goose alights.”
...But this takes some explaining. This is a proverb from Zhuangzi (莊子), who lived in the late 4th century BC.
This figuratively refers to female beauty that is so captivating that even the birds and beasts take notice.
Perhaps a better and more accurate way to describe this is to say that it speaks of the charms of a uniquely beautiful woman who is so beautiful that fish stay on the bottom of the water and flying wild geese fall from the sky in shame.
This proverb is so famous that it is also known and used in Japan (same characters, different pronunciation).
Note: This can also be written 沉魚落雁 instead of 沈魚落雁 (just the first character varies slightly).
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
沈 沉 see styles |
chén chen2 ch`en chen chin ちん |
More info & calligraphy: Shim(surname) Chin 沉 To sink; heavy. |
墜 坠 see styles |
zhuì zhui4 chui tsui |
to fall; to drop; to weigh down To fall, sink, settle, slide. |
墮 堕 see styles |
duò duo4 to da |
to fall; to sink; (fig.) to degenerate To fall; dilapidated; to fall from a higher to a lower place or condition; a tr. of prāyaścitta, expiation, a section in the Vinaya of ninety offences for which atonement is required. |
沉 see styles |
chén chen2 ch`en chen jin |
to submerge; to immerse; to sink; to keep down; to lower; to drop; deep; profound; heavy sink |
沒 没 see styles |
mò mo4 mo motsu |
drowned; to end; to die; to inundate Sunk, gone; not; translit. m, mu, mo, mau, ma, bu, v, etc. |
没 see styles |
méi mei2 mei suehiro すえひろ |
(n,n-suf) (1) discard; (2) death; (3) (abbreviation) rejection (of a manuscript, etc.); (prefix noun) (4) lacking; without; (personal name) Suehiro sink |
浸 see styles |
jìn jin4 chin shin |
to immerse; to soak; to steep; gradually to sink |
淪 沦 see styles |
lún lun2 lun sazanami さざなみ |
to sink (into ruin, oblivion); to be reduced to (surname) Sazanami ripples |
瞘 眍 see styles |
kōu kou1 k`ou kou |
to sink in (of eyes) |
落 see styles |
luò luo4 lo raku らく |
to fall or drop; (of the sun) to set; (of a tide) to go out; to lower; to decline or sink; to lag or fall behind; to fall onto; to rest with; to get or receive; to write down; whereabouts; settlement (irregular okurigana usage) (1) slip; omission; (2) outcome; final result; the end; (3) (kana only) punch line (of a joke); (surname) Raku Falling leaves: to fall, drop, descend, settle; translit. la, na. |
陷 see styles |
xiàn xian4 hsien kan |
pitfall; trap; to get stuck; to sink; to cave in; to frame (false charge); to capture (a city in battle); to fall (to the enemy); defect to fall into |
下る see styles |
sagaru さがる |
(irregular okurigana usage) (v5r,vi) (1) to come down; to go down; to fall; to drop; to sink; to get lower; (2) to hang; to dangle; (3) to move back; to step back; to withdraw; to retire; (4) to deteriorate; to fall off; to be downgraded; (5) to get closer to the present day; (6) to go south; (v5r,vi) (1) to descend; to go down; to come down; (2) to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); (3) to pass (of time); (4) to surrender; to capitulate; (5) (often in neg. form) to be less than; to be inferior to; (6) to have the runs; to have diarrhea; (place-name) Sagaru |
下沉 see styles |
xià chén xia4 chen2 hsia ch`en hsia chen |
to sink down |
低陷 see styles |
dī xiàn di1 xian4 ti hsien |
to sink; to settle |
傾く see styles |
kashigu; katagu(ok) かしぐ; かたぐ(ok) |
(v5g,vi) (1) (See 傾く・1) to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to heel over; to be disposed to; to trend toward; to be prone to; (v5g,vi) (2) (See 傾く・2) to go down (sun); to wane; to sink; to decline |
入る see styles |
iru いる |
(v5r,vi) (1) (mainly used in fixed expressions and literary language) (See 入る・はいる・1) to enter; to go in; to get in; to come in; (v5r,vi) (2) to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to go down; (v5r,vi) (3) to attain (nirvana, enlightenment, etc.); to achieve; to reach (e.g. a climax); (suf,v5r) (4) (after -masu stem of verb) (See 感じ入る,聞き入る) to do fully; to do intently; to do sincerely; to do deeply; to feel keenly; (suf,v5r) (5) (after -masu stem of verb) (See 寝入る・1,絶え入る) to (reach a state) completely; (place-name) Iru |
凹む see styles |
hekomu へこむ |
(v5m,vi) (1) to be dented; to be indented; to yield; to give; to sink; to collapse; to cave in; (v5m,vi) (2) to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to yield; to give in; to give up; (v5m,vi) (3) (colloquialism) (See ヘコむ) to be disheartened; to feel down; to feel depressed; (v5m,vi) (4) to suffer a loss; to lose |
堕つ see styles |
otsu おつ |
(v2t-k,vi) (1) (archaism) to fall down; to drop; to fall (e.g. rain); to sink (e.g. sun or moon); to fall onto (e.g. light or one's gaze); (2) (archaism) to be omitted; to be missing; (3) (archaism) to crash; to degenerate; to degrade; to fall behind; (4) (archaism) to be removed (e.g. illness, possessing spirit, name on a list); (5) (archaism) to fall (into someone's hands); to become someone's possession; (6) (archaism) to fall; to be defeated; to surrender |
塌陷 see styles |
tā xiàn ta1 xian4 t`a hsien ta hsien |
to subside; to sink; to cave in |
墜つ see styles |
otsu おつ |
(v2t-k,vi) (1) (archaism) to fall down; to drop; to fall (e.g. rain); to sink (e.g. sun or moon); to fall onto (e.g. light or one's gaze); (2) (archaism) to be omitted; to be missing; (3) (archaism) to crash; to degenerate; to degrade; to fall behind; (4) (archaism) to be removed (e.g. illness, possessing spirit, name on a list); (5) (archaism) to fall (into someone's hands); to become someone's possession; (6) (archaism) to fall; to be defeated; to surrender |
引け see styles |
hike; hike ひけ; ヒケ |
(1) (See 引け時・ひけどき) close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); retiring; (2) (See 引けを取る・ひけをとる) being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); (3) (abbreviation) (See 引け値) closing price (stockmarket); (4) (esp. ヒケ) sink mark (casting, moulding); shrink mark |
擊沉 击沉 see styles |
jī chén ji1 chen2 chi ch`en chi chen |
to attack and sink (a ship) |
水槽 see styles |
shuǐ cáo shui3 cao2 shui ts`ao shui tsao suisou / suiso すいそう |
sink (1) water tank; cistern; (2) fish tank; aquarium |
水池 see styles |
shuǐ chí shui3 chi2 shui ch`ih shui chih mizuike みずいけ |
pond; pool; sink; washbasin (surname) Mizuike |
沈む see styles |
shizumu しずむ |
(v5m,vi) (1) to sink; to go under; to submerge; (v5m,vi) (2) to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to descend; (v5m,vi) (3) to feel depressed; to become subdued; to become somber |
沈沒 沈没 see styles |
shěn mò shen3 mo4 shen mo chinmotsu |
sink |
沈淪 沈沦 see styles |
shěn lún shen3 lun2 shen lun chinrin ちんりん |
(n,vs,vi) (1) (form) sinking into obscurity; coming down in the world; being ruined; (n,vs,vi) (2) (form) sinking deeply to sink |
沈空 沉空 see styles |
shěn kōng shen3 kong1 shen k`ung shen kung chin kū |
To sink into emptiness, or uselessness. |
沉沒 沉没 see styles |
chén mò chen2 mo4 ch`en mo chen mo |
to sink |
沉淪 沉沦 see styles |
chén lún chen2 lun2 ch`en lun chen lun |
to sink into (vice, depravity etc); to pass into oblivion; downfall; passing |
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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Sink | 辛克 | xīn kè / xin1 ke4 / xin ke / xinke | hsin k`o / hsinko / hsin ko | |
| Sink | シンク | shinku | ||
| Not Only Can Water Float A Boat, It Can Sink It Also | 水能載舟亦能覆舟 水能载舟亦能覆舟 | shuǐ néng zài zhōu yì néng fù zhōu shui3 neng2 zai4 zhou1 yi4 neng2 fu4 zhou1 shui neng zai zhou yi neng fu zhou | shui neng tsai chou i neng fu chou | |
| Shen Shum | 沈 | jin | shěn / shen3 / shen | |
| Beautiful Woman Proverb | 沈魚落雁 沈鱼落雁 | chin gyo raku gan chingyorakugan | chén yú luò yàn chen2 yu2 luo4 yan4 chen yu luo yan chenyuluoyan | ch`en yü lo yen chenyüloyen chen yü lo yen |
| In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. | ||||
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