Kanji

陥

陥

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

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

10 strokes

Radical

阜部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

カン

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

おちいる, おとしいれる

Common Readings

カン, おちい…る, おとしい…れる

Example sentences

陥る おちいる
会社は深刻な経営危機に陥っている

The company has fallen into a serious management crisis.

混乱 こんらん
地震の直後、街は大きな混乱に陥った。

Immediately after the earthquake, the city fell into great confusion.

陥れる おとしいれる
彼はライバルを罠に陥れようとした。

He tried to trap his rival in a snare.

凶暴 きょうぼう
その凶暴な熊は村人たちを恐怖に陥れた。

The ferocious bear terrified the villagers.

陥落 かんらく
要塞が敵の手によって陥落した

The fortress fell to the enemy.

欠陥 けっかん
この製品には設計上の欠陥がある

This product has a design flaw.

致命的 ちめいてき
そのシステムには、セキュリティ上の致命的な欠陥が見つかった。

A fatal security flaw was found in that system.

Example Vocabulary

陥る

おちいる

to fall into, to sink into (a bad state)

陥れる

おとしいれる

to entrap; to trap; to frame

陥落

かんらく

fall (of a fortress); surrender; sinking; drop in rank

欠陥

けっかん

flaw; defect; deficiency

陥没

かんぼつ

窮地に陥る

きゅうちにおちいる

欠陥品

けっかんひん

陥穽

かんせい

人を陥れる

ひとをおとしいれる

陥りやすい

おちいりやすい

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