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Chinese symbol for “pitfall”

陷阱
xiàn jǐng
pitfall; snare; trap

The closest CC-CEDICT match for pitfall is 陷阱 (xiàn jǐng), defined as: pitfall; snare; trap.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

陷 xiàn
to sink, to plunge; trap, pitfall
radical 170 ⾩ · 10 strokes
阱 jǐng
trap, snare, pitfall
radical 170 ⾩ · 6 strokes

Other Chinese words for “pitfall”

WordPinyinMeaning
陷xiànpitfall; trap
阱jǐngpitfall; trap
陷坑xiàn kēngpitfall; pit as animal trap

Related words

Other words that share a character with 陷阱.

WordPinyinMeaning
陷入xiàn rùto sink into; to get caught up in
缺陷quē xiàndefect; flaw
沦陷 (淪陷)lún xiànto fall into enemy hands; to be occupied
陷害xiàn hàito entrap; to set up
陷于 (陷於)xiàn yúcaught in (a bad situation); to fall into (trap etc)
势阱 (勢阱)shì jǐngpotential well (physics)
气阱 (氣阱)qì jǐngair pocket
量子阱liàng zǐ jǐng(physics) quantum well

See also: Japanese symbol for “pitfall”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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