The kanji 陥: meaning, readings and stroke order
陥
- Meaning
- fall into, collapse
- On reading
- カン kan
- Kun reading
- おちい(る) ochiiru、おとしい(れる) otoshiireru
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 阜 mound, dam
- Level
- Level 9 · senior high school
- Old form
- 陷
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- sa vào, sụp xuống (hãm)
- Japanese
- おちいる。おちこむ。
- Korean
- 빠지다, 무너지다 (함)
- Chinese
- 陷入、塌陷 (陷)
Readings, words and example sentences
カン kan · on reading · less common
欠陥
defect, flaw
設計に 欠陥が 見つかりました。
A flaw was found in the design.
おちい(る) ochiiru · kun reading · less common
陥る
to fall into (a bad situation)
苦しい 状態に 陥ります。
They fall into a hard situation.
おとしい(れる) otoshiireru · kun reading · less common
陥れる
to set someone up, to trap
人を 陥れては いけません。
You must not set other people up.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.