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Kanji Detail for 陥 - "to fall into, trap"

陥

  • Meaning

    陥 means "to fall into, trap." Also associated with capture.

    1. Fall into - To drop into a hole.

    2. Trap - To catch in a snare.

    3. Capture - To take by force.

  • Words using 陥

    • 欠陥 けっかん Listen defect; fault; flaw
    • 陥落 かんらく Listen subsidence; sinking; cave-in
    • 陥没 かんぼつ Listen cave-in; collapse; sinking

  • Tattoo check: 陥

    • Verified meaning: to fall into, trap
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: capture

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    collapse; fall into; cave in; fall (castle); slide into

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    submerge, sink, plunge; trap

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Japanese variant of 陷[xian4]

  • Onyomi

    tip

    kan(カン) カン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ochi.iru(おちい-る) おちい-る

    otoshii.reru(おとしい-れる) おとしい-れる

  • Strokes

    tip

    10 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    阜 阝 (kozato・kozatohen・oka)

  • Related Keywords

    to fall into trap capture cave in collapse catch crumble descend drop give way plummet plunge sink slide slip snare stumble succumb surrender topple yield

Sentences including 陥

  • She is now in danger.

  • When he got into trouble , he turned to his parents for help.

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