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陷
xiàn
1. pitfall
2. trap
3. to get stuck
4. to sink
5. to cave in
6. to frame (false charge)
7. to capture (a city in battle)
8. to fall (to the enemy)
9. defect
Very Common • Top 4% ✏️ 11 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

陷
xiàn
to sink, to plunge; trap, pitfall
HSK 6 10 丶

Compound Words (20)

陷阱
xiànjǐng
pitfall
HSK 6
坳陷
àoxiàn
depression
塌陷
tāxiàn
to subside
崩陷
bēngxiàn
to fall in
拗陷
àoxiàn
geological depression
攻陷
gōngxiàn
to overcome
构陷
gòuxiàn
to frame
气陷
qìxiàn
collapse of [[氣|气<qì>]] (TCM)
沉陷
chénxiàn
subsidence
沦陷
lúnxiàn
to fall into enemy hands
瘪陷
biěxiàn
deflated
缺陷
quēxiàn
defect
HSK 6
诱陷
yòuxiàn
snare
诬陷
wūxiàn
to entrap
HSK 6
身陷
shēnxiàn
to be trapped
陷入
xiànrù
to sink into
HSK 6
陷坑
xiànkēng
pitfall
陷害
xiànhài
to entrap
HSK 6
陷于
xiànyú
caught in (a bad situation)
陷落
xiànluò
to surrender (of a fortress)

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
1,261
Word Frequency Rank
3,673 of 84,292