xiàn

trap; to sink; to get stuck

HSK 6 #1262

Character data

HSK 6
Frequency 1262nd character
Radical ⾩ (170.8)
Strokes 10
Index # 2138

Definitions

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

Stroke order

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Words containing 陷

Word Meaning
to get caught up in; to land in (a predicament)
to frame (up); to make false charges against; to entrap
trap; pitfall; snare
defect; flaw; physical defect
to frame; to plant false evidence against sb; to entrap
to be deeply in (trouble, debt etc); deep set (eyes)
to fall (to the enemy); to surrender (of a fortress)
caught in (a bad situation); to fall into (trap etc)
to be occupied; to fall into enemy hands; to degenerate
to cave in; to sink; to subside
hollow; sunken; to cave in
to fall (to an attack); to take (a fortress); to overcome
to charge and break through enemy lines
behind bars; thrown into prison
to subside; subsidence
subsidence; caving in
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
to sink; to settle
Thucydides trap (theory that war results when a dominant established power fears the rise of a rival power)
to collapse; to frame (an innocent person)
to collapse; to frame (an innocent person)
birth defect
birth defect
low-lying area; (geology) depression
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