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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).

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
落 luò
to fall, to drop; surplus, net income
radical 140 ⾋ · 12 strokes

Other Chinese words for “subsidence”

WordPinyinMeaning
沉降chén jiàngto subside; to cave in
下陷xià xiànto subside; subsidence

Related words

Other words that share a character with 陷落.

WordPinyinMeaning
陷入xiàn rùto sink into; to get caught up in
缺陷quē xiàndefect; flaw
陷阱xiàn jǐngpitfall; snare
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)
落实 (落實)luò shípractical; workable
部落bù luòtribe

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.

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