陷
pitfall; trap; to get stuck; to sink; to cave in; to frame (false charge); to capture (a city in battle); to fall (to the enemy); defect
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Dict coverage rank #1,656 U+9677
How 陷 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A place 阝 with a pit 臽; 臽 also provides the pronunciation
components: 阝 臽
How to remember it
get stuck · Heisig RSH #2971
pinnacle + pothole
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 陷
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 注意力缺陷多动症 | zhù yì lì quē xiàn duō dòng zhèng | attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) |
| 注意力缺陷过动症 | zhù yì lì quē xiàn guò dòng zhèng | attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) |
| 先天性缺陷 | xiān tiān xìng quē xiàn | birth defect |
| 出生缺陷 | chū shēng quē xiàn | birth defect |
| 言语缺陷 | yán yǔ quē xiàn | speech defect |
| 陷落带 | xiàn luò dài | area of subsidence |
| 人类免疫缺陷病毒 | rén lèi miǎn yì quē xiàn bìng dú | human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) |
| 气陷 | qì xiàn | collapse of 氣|气[qi4] (TCM) |
| 下陷 | xià xiàn | to subside; subsidence |
| 身陷 | shēn xiàn | to be trapped; to be imprisoned |
| 陷入 | xiàn rù | to sink into; to get caught up in; to land in (a predicament) |
| 越陷越深 | yuè xiàn yuè shēn | to fall deeper and deeper (in debt, in love etc) |
| 陷落 | xiàn luò | to surrender (of a fortress); to fall (to the enemy); subsidence (of land) |
| 陷于 | xiàn yú | caught in (a bad situation); to fall into (trap etc) |
| 深陷 | shēn xiàn | to be deeply in (trouble, debt etc); deep set (eyes) |
| 低陷 | dī xiàn | to sink; to settle |
| 悲剧缺陷 | bēi jù quē xiàn | tragic flaw (Aristotle's hamartia) |
| 陷害 | xiàn hài | to entrap; to set up; to frame (up); to make false charges against |
| 冲锋陷阵 | chōng fēng xiàn zhèn | (idiom) to charge into battle; (fig.) to be on the front lines |
| 身陷牢笼 | shēn xiàn láo lóng | fallen into a trap |