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xiàn

to sink, to plunge; trap, pitfall

💡 Ideographic: A place 阝 with a pit 臽; 臽 also provides the pronunciation
HSK 6 10 strokes Common (13%)

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Component Tree i

place, town, city
2 strokes
xiàn
pit, hole
💡 Ideographic: A person ⺈ falling in a pit 臼
8 strokes

Words Using 陷 (45)

xiànjǐng
陷阱
HSK 6
pitfall / snare / trap
xiànrù
陷入
HSK 6
to sink into / to get caught up in / to land in (a predicament)
xiànhài
陷害
HSK 6
to entrap / to set up / to frame (up) / to make false charges against
quēxiàn
缺陷
HSK 6
defect / flaw / physical defect
wūxiàn
诬陷
HSK 6
to entrap / to frame / to plant false evidence against sb
xiàn
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
gōngxiàn
攻陷
to overcome / to take (a fortress) / to fall (to an attack) / to surrender
tāxiàn
塌陷
to subside / to sink / to cave in
xiàxiàn
下陷
to subside / subsidence
xiànluò
陷落
to surrender (of a fortress) / to fall (to the enemy) / subsidence (of land)
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