Chinese Character Wiki
臽

xiàn

a pit

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

Components
人 iconic component

人  Iconic component

rén

  

person

凵 iconic component

凵  Iconic component

qiǎn, kǎn

  

enclosure

Depicts a pit or a trap. Modern form looks like 臼.

Evolution

臽 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
臽 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
臽 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
臽 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
臽 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

臽  

xiàn

a pit, a hole; pitfall; trap (archaic)

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

欿

Sound component in 10 characters (3 verified)

陷 餡 馅 焰 閻 阎 掐 諂 谄 萏

Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)

陷

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。”


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