陷 — Chinese character
陷
xiàn
to sink, to plunge; trap, pitfall
- Pinyin
- xiàn
- Radical
- 170 ⾩ (Mound)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 阝 臽
- Formation
- ideographic — A place 阝 with a pit 臽; 臽 also provides the pronunciation
- Japanese
- 陷 as a kanji
Common words with 陷
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 陷入 | xiàn rù | to sink into; to get caught up in |
| 缺陷 | quē xiàn | defect; flaw |
| 陷阱 | xiàn jǐng | pitfall; snare |
| 沦陷 (淪陷) | lún xiàn | to fall into enemy hands; to be occupied |
| 陷害 | xiàn hài | to entrap; to set up |
| 陷于 (陷於) | xiàn yú | caught in (a bad situation); to fall into (trap etc) |
| 诬陷 (誣陷) | wū xiàn | to entrap; to frame |
| 深陷 | shēn xiàn | to be deeply in (trouble, debt etc); deep set (eyes) |
| 攻陷 | gōng xiàn | to capture (a fortress, city etc); to take by force |
| 陷落 | xiàn luò | to surrender (of a fortress); to fall (to the enemy) |
| 身陷 | shēn xiàn | to be trapped; to be imprisoned |
| 凹陷 | āo xiàn | to cave in; hollow; sunken; depressed |
English words written with 陷
陷 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 1 · Art of War 6 · Mencius 6 · Zhuangzi 2 · Doctrine of the Mean 1
- Analects 6.24
- Art of War 9.15
- Art of War 10.14
- Art of War 10.16
- Art of War 11.24
- Art of War 11.58
- Art of War 11.59
- Mencius 1A.5
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