陷(xiàn)

HSK 610 strokes

pitfall

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Character information

Pinyin
xiàn
Meaning
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
Strokes
10
HSK level
HSK 6
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 陷 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰阝臽

A place 阝 with a pit 臽; 臽 also provides the pronunciation

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

阝fǔ臽xiàn

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 陷 step by step

10 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 陷

Common words using 陷 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

quē缺xiàn陷
HSK 6

defect; flaw

Open 缺陷 page →
xiàn陷rù入
HSK 6

to sink into

Open 陷入 page →
xiàn陷jǐng阱
HSK 7-9

pitfall

Open 陷阱 page →
xià下xiàn陷

to subside; subsidence

Open 下陷 page →
dī低xiàn陷

to sink; to settle

Open 低陷 page →
qīng倾xiàn陷

to frame (an innocent person); to collapse

Open 倾陷 page →
āo凹xiàn陷

to cave in; hollow; sunken; depressed

Open 凹陷 page →
tā塌xiàn陷

to subside

Open 塌陷 page →

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丧串乌乳予井亡仓

From 陷’s common words

缺入阱下低倾凹塌

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