凹陷
āo​xiàn

sunken

凹 āo concave

Pictograph of a concavity. Opposite of 凸.

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqriːw
qriːb

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

陷 xiàn submerge

Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 臽 represents the sound.

Components

阝
阝 Meaning component
fù hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

臽
臽 SoundIconic component
xiàn a pit

Depicts a person (人) falling into a pit or a trap (凵).

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartheamH[ɢ]ˤromʔ-s fall into a pit

說文解字

《說文》：“陷，高下也。一曰陊也。从，从臽，臽亦聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)