Question

陥 おちい.る、おとしい.れる 欠陥(けっかん): (1) defect; fault; deficiency; deformity (2) shortage; gap S 阜: hill; mound; left village radical (no. 170)勹: wrapping enclosure; wrapping radical (no. 20)旧: old times; old things; old friend; former; ex- 阜 8 陷 collapse The Pinnacle is supported by pilings which were bound up in olden times. One day when the bindings rot away, the whole thing will collapse. (tweaking dihutensoa´s story to work a little better for me).

Accepted Answer

カン collapse, fall into, cave in, fall (castle), slide into 1 1154 10 170 こざと・こざとへん・おか・ぎふのふ 形声 Phonetic The Pinnacle is actually bound up by supports from olden times. Eventually, they give out, and the whole thing starts to collapse.

Kanji	陥
Onyomi	カン
Kunyomi	おちい.る、おとしい.れる
English	collapse, fall into, cave in, fall (castle), slide into
Examples	欠陥(けっかん): (1) defect; fault; deficiency; deformity (2) shortage; gap
JLPT Level	1
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	1154
Components	阜: hill; mound; left village radical (no. 170) 勹: wrapping enclosure; wrapping radical (no. 20) 旧: old times; old things; old friend; former; ex-
Number of Strokes	10
Kanji Radical	阜
Radical Number	170
Radical Strokes	8
Radical Reading	こざと・こざとへん・おか・ぎふのふ
Traditional Form	陷
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	collapse
Koohii Story 1	The Pinnacle is actually bound up by supports from olden times. Eventually, they give out, and the whole thing starts to collapse.
Koohii Story 2	The Pinnacle is supported by pilings which were bound up in olden times. One day when the bindings rot away, the whole thing will collapse. (tweaking dihutensoa´s story to work a little better for me).

Fall Radical Wrapping Pinnacle Bound Olden Times Thing