陷
Ideographic: A place 阝 with a pit 臽; 臽 also provides the pronunciationRadical: 阜
meaning for 陷 xiàn:
- - 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)
- - defectto sink into
- - to get caught up in
- - to land in (a predicament)defect
- - flaw
- - physical defectpitfall
- - snare
- - trapcaught in (a bad situation)
- - to fall into (trap etc)to entrap
- - to set up
- - to frame (up)
- - to make false charges against