陥

collapse, fall into, cave in, fall (castle), slide into

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

カン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

おちい.るおとしい.れる

Stroke Order

10 / 10

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:10

JLPT:N1

Frequency:1154

Vocabulary

カン

Word	Reading	Meaning
陥没	カンボツ	cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence
陥落	カンラク	subsidence; sinking; cave-in; collapse; falling in; fall (of a city, fortress, etc.); surrender; fall (in position, rank, etc.); demotion; giving in (to someone's persuasion); yielding; being convinced
陥穽	カンセイ	trap; pitfall
陥入	カンニュウ	subsidence; depression; sinking; collapse; caving in; invagination
陥没湖	カンボツコ	lake formed in volcanic caldera

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
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; to capitulate
欠陥	けっかん	defect; fault; flaw; deformity; deficiency; shortage; gap
陥し穴	おとしあな	pitfall; trap; pit
陥れる	おとしいれる	to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to throw (e.g. into turmoil); to trick (into doing); to lure (into a trap); to frame (for a crime); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to reduce; to drop (something) into
陥せい	かんせい	trap; pitfall

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These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

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