陷

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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

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

A place 阝 with a pit 臽; 臽 also provides the pronunciation

Components 阝臽

get stuck · Heisig RSH #2971

pinnacle + pothole

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
注意力缺陷多动症	zhù yì lì quē xiàn duō dòng zhèng	attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
注意力缺陷过动症	zhù yì lì quē xiàn guò dòng zhèng	attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
先天性缺陷	xiān tiān xìng quē xiàn	birth defect
出生缺陷	chū shēng quē xiàn	birth defect
言语缺陷	yán yǔ quē xiàn	speech defect
陷落带	xiàn luò dài	area of subsidence
人类免疫缺陷病毒	rén lèi miǎn yì quē xiàn bìng dú	human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
气陷	qì xiàn	collapse of 氣\|气[qi4] (TCM)
下陷	xià xiàn	to subside; subsidence
身陷	shēn xiàn	to be trapped; to be imprisoned
陷入	xiàn rù	to sink into; to get caught up in; to land in (a predicament)
越陷越深	yuè xiàn yuè shēn	to fall deeper and deeper (in debt, in love etc)
陷落	xiàn luò	to surrender (of a fortress); to fall (to the enemy); subsidence (of land)
陷于	xiàn yú	caught in (a bad situation); to fall into (trap etc)
深陷	shēn xiàn	to be deeply in (trouble, debt etc); deep set (eyes)
低陷	dī xiàn	to sink; to settle
悲剧缺陷	bēi jù quē xiàn	tragic flaw (Aristotle's hamartia)
陷害	xiàn hài	to entrap; to set up; to frame (up); to make false charges against
冲锋陷阵	chōng fēng xiàn zhèn	(idiom) to charge into battle; (fig.) to be on the front lines
身陷牢笼	shēn xiàn láo lóng	fallen into a trap