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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- xian4
- English meanings
- 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
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 阝; right 臽.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
immortal; fairy
before
county
salty
mind
constitution; law
hypotenuse
to lift (a lid)
show
saliva
to offer
appear; current
county
fine; delicate; fiber
wire
envy; admire
gland
hold in mouth; rank
virtuous; worthy
idle; leisure
idle
restrict
danger
stuffing; filling
stuffing; filling
fresh; bright
fish
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Related words
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- 缺陷
- 陷入
- 陷阱