Chinese symbol for “subsidence”
陷落
xiàn luò
to surrender (of a fortress); to fall (to the enemy); subsidence (of land)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for subsidence is 陷落 (xiàn luò), defined as: to surrender (of a fortress); to fall (to the enemy); subsidence (of land).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “subsidence”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 陷落.
| 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) |
| 落实 (落實) | luò shí | practical; workable |
| 部落 | bù luò | tribe |
See also: Japanese symbol for “subsidence”.
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.