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Kanji Detail for 陷 - "fall into, capture, trap"
陷
- Meaning
陷 means "fall into, capture, trap."
Fall into - To sink; to trap.
Capture - To take by force.
Defect - A flaw; a weakness.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
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
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
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to sink, to plunge; trap, pitfall
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
To sink. Sinking into the ground is called 陷. | To harm. As in luring someone to commit a crime is called 構陷 (frame). Making false accusations to convict someone is called 誣陷 (slander). | To breach. As in a city being breached is called 城陷. Breaking through a battle formation is called 陷陣.
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