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
 
If sb. is falling from a hill into a pitfall he is trapped and captured.

Radicals

阝 hillThis radical shows a hill. This radical 阝 is always on the left of the hanzi. (Please note that this relatively similar radical ⻏ stands for “village” and is in the character always on the right.)
⺈ kneeling personIf this person 人 is bending a leg, it becomes this radical. (Further radicals with „person“ are: sitting 匕 sitting cross-legged 夂, lying , skilled 才, bending マ,卩, slumped 㔾 or husband 夫)
臽 pitfallA person falls ⺈ into a pitfall that is formed by the radical for mortar 臼.




 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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