陷

xiàn

submerge, sink, plunge; trap

How to write 陷, stroke by stroke

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

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

Made of 阝 + 臽

陷入xiàn rùto sink into; to get caught up in; to land in (a predicament)
陷阱xiàn jǐngpitfall; snare; trap
陷害xiàn hàito entrap; to set up; to frame (up); to make false charges against
缺陷quē xiàndefect; flaw
深陷shēn xiànto be deeply in (trouble, debt etc); deep set (eyes)
身陷shēn xiànto be trapped; to be imprisoned
沦陷lún xiànto fall into enemy hands; to be occupied; to degenerate; to submerge
诬陷wū xiànto entrap; to frame; to plant false evidence against sb
陷于xiàn yúcaught in (a bad situation); to fall into (trap etc)
陷落xiàn luòto surrender (of a fortress); to fall (to the enemy); subsidence (of land)
攻陷gōng xiànto capture (a fortress, city etc); to take by force
塌陷tā xiànto subside; to sink; to cave in

这个系统有些明显的缺陷。
zhè ge xì tǒng yǒu xiē míng xiǎn de quē xiàn 。
This system has obvious defects.
他故意令她陷入险境。
tā gù yì lìng tā xiàn rù xiǎn jìng 。
He deliberately exposed her to danger.
我们设了个陷阱来抓狐狸。
wǒ men shè le gè xiàn jǐng lái zhuā hú li 。
We set a trap to catch a fox.
这辆车陷在泥里了。
zhè liàng chē xiàn zài ní lǐ le 。
The car got stuck in the mud.
我身陷困境。
wǒ shēn xiàn kùn jìng 。
I am in a tight place.