xiàn
a pit
Depicts a person (人) falling into a pit or a trap (凵). Original form of 陷.
Components
Evolution

Bronze script
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Component uses
Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)
Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[ɢ]ˤromʔ-s | heamH | xiàn | small pit |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 8 |
Unicode | U+81FD |
Shuowen | “臽,小阱也。从人在臼上也。” |
Sources
季旭昇《說文新證》p.582-583
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