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What is the Kanji for "Fall into", "Entrap", and "Cave in"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Fall into", "Entrap", and "Cave in", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Fall into", "Entrap", and "Cave in" is "".

This kanji has 3 readings:

Its kunyomi readings are "Ochii" and "Otoshii".

Its onyomi reading is "Kan".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 3 parts:

The component "⻖" . The radical "⺈" means "Wrap" . And The kanji "旧" means "Old" and "Past" and can be read as "Kyuu".

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "" mean in japanese?

"" means "Fall into", "Entrap", and "Cave in".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Senior Highschool, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N1 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

陥る: "Fall into". The Japanese verb '陥る (おちいる)' means 'to fall into'. This verb is used to describe the act of entering or becoming engulfed by a particular state or condition, usually an undesirable one. It suggests a sinking or declining into something, such as trouble, sickness, or despair. For example: The economy fell into a recession - (経済は不況に陥った). He fell into a deep depression - (彼は深い憂鬱に陥った).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "か" is read as "ka". The hiragana "ん" is read as "n". The hiragana "お" is read as "o". The hiragana "ち" is read as "chi". The hiragana "い" is read as "i". The hiragana "と" is read as "to". And The hiragana "し" is read as "shi".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.