陥
陥 — Collapse
collapse, fall into, cave in, fall (castle), slide into
On’yomiカン (kan)
Kun’yomiおちいる (ochiiru)
Kun’yomiおとしいれる (otoshiireru)
Stroke order (10 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 陥
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 欠陥 | けっかん kekkan | defect; fault; flaw |
| 陥落 | かんらく kanraku | subsidence; sinking; cave-in |
| 陥る | おちいる ochiiru | to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.) |
| 陥没 | かんぼつ kanbotsu | cave-in; collapse; sinking |
Study notes
陥 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 10 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1154 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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