沦陷 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

lún, lǔn, guān be lost Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 仑 represents the sound. Simplified form of 淪.

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

仑 Sound component

lún, lùn logical reasons

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

xiàn submerge

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

Components

阝 Meaning component

fù hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

臽 Sound Iconic component

xiàn a pit

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

Character Evolution

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	heamH	[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)

be lost Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 侖 represents the sound.

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

侖 Sound component

arrange

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC

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Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	run

說文解字

小波爲淪。从水侖聲。《詩》曰：“河水清且淪漪。”一曰没也。

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

沦 lún, lǔn, guān be lost Simplified

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陷 xiàn submerge

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說文解字

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淪 be lost Traditional

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說文解字

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lún, lǔn, guān be lost Simplified

xiàn submerge

be lost Traditional