Memory phrase for the character: 陷

陷

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Meaning to trap, to capture (in battle), defect, submerge

Pronunciation

xiàn

Explanation

Left: hill 阝, right: pitfall 臽 (falling person ⺈ over a pitfall 臼)

Mnemonic
 
As if from a hill a person falls into a pitfall and is trapped and captured.

Radicals

阝 hill
臽 pitfallA person falls ⺈ into a pitfall that is formed by the radical for mortar 臼.
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 Vocabulary

陷入 xiàn rù  to sink into; to get caught up in; to land in (a predicament)
缺陷 quē xiàn  defect; flaw; physical defect
塌陷 tā xiàn  to subside; to sink; to cave in
沦陷 lún xiàn  to fall into enemy hands; to be occupied; to degenerate; to submerge
陷于瘫痪 xiàn yú tān huàn  to be paralyzed; at a standstill
凹陷 āo xiàn  to cave in; hollow; sunken; depressed
陷阱 xiàn jǐng  lit. a pit for trapping animals; a trap; a snare; a booby-trap
拗陷 ào xiàn  geological depression
拗陷 ào xiàn  

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