沈 sink

The lame man sank in water up to his CHIN.

bad kind of silence ★★☆☆☆
沈 (sink) + 黙 (shut up) = 沈黙 (bad kind of silence)

silence. (BOOBOO: not to be confused with 静か　（しずか）).　静か means a quiet place. 沈黙 is like a awkward hush that falls over the crowd when your mom's g-string fell off at the superbowl.

sink. ★★☆☆☆
沈 (sink) + 没 (downfall) = 沈没 (sink.)