陷
xiàn HSK6

submerge

陷 xiàn
sink verb
to sink, cave in, or get stuck

车轮深深地陷进了泥潭中。

chē​lún shēn​shēn de xiàn jìn le ní​tán zhōng.

The wheels sank deep into the mud.

defect noun
a pitfall, trap, or physical/functional flaw

他本来想掩盖自己的错误，结果却露了陷。

tā běn​lái xiǎng yǎn​gài zì​jǐ de cuò​wù, jié​guǒ què lòu le xiàn.

He intended to cover up his mistake, but it ended up being exposed.

fall verb
to be captured or fall to the enemy (of a city or territory)

经过数日围攻，这座孤城最终还是陷了。

jīng​guò shù rì wéi​gōng, zhè zuò gū​chéng zuì​zhōng hái​shi xiàn le.

After several days of siege, the isolated city finally fell.

frame adverb
to frame, entrap, or bring a false charge against someone

这分明是有人在故意陷他于不义。

zhè fēn​míng shì yǒu rén zài gù​yì xiàn tā yú bù​yì.

It is clear that someone is intentionally trying to frame him for something unjust.

Cross-References

Has old variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,262nd most common 101.8 per million
Movie subtitles
1,236th most common 67.1 per million appears in 31% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
12.6 per million appears in 6% of films
Written text
10.6 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 6
Strokes
10
Unicode
U+9677

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)