Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high
JLPT level: N1
1154 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 10
Meaning: collapse, fall into, cave in, fall (castle), slide into
Kunyomi: おちい.る, おとしい.れる
Onyomi: カン
Composition: 阝 𠂊 旧
Radical: 阜
Meaning: mound, dam (阝 left)
Reading: こざと
Frequency: 348
Alternative forms:
陥落 (カンラク) subsidence, sinking, cave-in, collapse, falling in, fall (of a city, fortress, etc.), surrender, fall (in position, rank, etc.), demotion, giving in (to someone's persuasion), yielding, being convinced
陥没 (カンボツ) cave-in, collapse, sinking, depression (e.g. of the skull), subsidence
擠陥 (セイカン) tempting into crime
注意欠陥 (チュウイケッカン) attention deficit
陥る (おちいる) to fall into (e.g. a hole), to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.), to fall into (a trap, etc.), to fall, to surrender, to capitulate
陥れる (おとしいれる) to trap (into a difficult situation), to put (in a fix), to throw (e.g. into turmoil), to trick (into doing), to lure (into a trap), to frame (for a crime), to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.), to take, to reduce, to drop (something) into