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xiàn

Meanings

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xiàn
  1. 1.(archaic) pit; hole in the ground
  2. 2.old variant of 陷[xiàn]

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.pit; hole

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Etymology

In the oracle bone script, an ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 鹿 (“deer”) + 凵 (“pit”) – a deer falling into a trap. From the bronze inscriptions, now an ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 人 (“person”) + 臼 (“trap”) – a person falling into a trap. Original form of 陷.

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