1. 陷
  2. 阱

陷

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  1. 陷 is the 1260th most frequent character.
  2. 陷 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 陷 appears as a character in 19 words.
  4. 陷 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
陷 => 阝, 臽
Radical :
陷 => 阝 (town), ⺈ (knife), 臼 (mortar)
Graphical :
陷 => 丨, ㇌, ⺈, 臼

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xian4 - 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

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 陷 (xian4): The component 臽 is pronounced as 'xian4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

缺陷 
陷入 
陷阱 

Medium Frequency

沦陷 (淪陷)
冲锋陷阵 (衝鋒陷陣)
身陷 
陷 
陷害 

阱

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Meta:

  1. 阱 is the 3218th most frequent character.
  2. 阱 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 阱 appears as a character in 1 word.
  4. 阱 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
阱 => 阝, 井
Radical :
阱 => 阝 (town), No glyph available, 二 (two)
Graphical :
阱 => 丨, ㇌, 丨, 二

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jing3 - hole/pitfall

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 阱 (jing3): The component 井 is pronounced as 'jing3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

陷阱 
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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