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陥

collapse
Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingカン
Kun readingおちい.る、おとしい.れる
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. collapseRtK
    彼は財政上困難に陥っている。He is financially embarrassed.tatoeba
    彼はその事故のあと自暴自棄に陥った。He lapsed into despair after that accident.tatoeba
  2. fall into
  3. cave in
  4. fall (castle)
  5. slide into
  1. to fall into (e.g. a hole)
  2. to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.)
  3. to fall into (a trap, etc.)
  4. to fall
  5. to surrender

Popular Usage

欠陥

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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pinnacle · parthenon · acropolis · straight-jacket · bound up (乙) · olden times · old days · stick (丨) · sun (日) · day (日)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1412

Compound words

欠陥けっかん
defect; fault; flaw; deformity; deficiency
陥るおちいる
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
陥没かんぼつ
cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence
陥落かんらく
subsidence; sinking; cave-in; collapse; falling in
陥穽かんせい
trap
失陥しっかん
surrender
擠陥せいかん
tempting into crime
陥し穴おとしあな
pitfall
陥せいかんせい
trap
陥れるおとしいれる
to trap (into a difficult situation)
ベルリン陥落ベルリンかんらく
Fall of Berlin (1945)
自縄自縛に陥るじじょうじばくにおちいる
to be caught in one's own trap

Additional Examples

車は欠陥がないか最低３ヵ月に１回検査される。
The vehicles are inspected for defects at least every three months.tatoeba
彼の理論にはまったく欠陥が見当たらない。
I can't find any holes in his theory.tatoeba

Stroke Order

10 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 陥

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step