Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
沈 has 氵 water as a picture part and 冘 yín for the sound. It first meant an offering to a water god, with cows or sheep placed under water. Read shěn, it grew to pour and liquid; read chén, it grew to sink, submerge, and deep.
Drawn as: water
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