The Chinese Radical: 臽

Meaning	pitfall    臽
Explanation	A person falls ⺈ into a pitfall that is formed by the radical for mortar 臼.
Used in these characters: 陷 JLPT HSK 6 to trap, to capture (in battle), defect, submerge xiàn 阝 ⺈ 臽 Left: hill 阝, right: pitfall 臽 (falling person ⺈ over a pitfall 臼) If sb. is falling from a hill into a pitfall he is trapped and captured.   焰 JLPT HSK 6 flame yàn 火 臽 ⺈ Left: fire 火, right: pitfall 臽 (a falling person ⺈ over a pitfall 臼, but here: flame ⺈ over a fireplace 臼) The fire that comes flame-like from a fireplace is: the flame.   阱 JLPT HSK 6 hole, pitfall jǐng 阝 井 臽 Left: hill 阝, right: a well 井 At the hill is a 'well', that actually is a pitfall.   掐 JLPT HSK 6 to pick (flowers), to pinch, to clutch qiā 扌 臽 Left: hand 扌, right: pitfall 臽 (falling person ⺈ over a pit trap 臼) The hand acts like a "pitfall" when picking sth. or pinching.   馅 JLPT HSK 6 stuffing, filling, force-meat xiàn 食 臽 臼 Left: food 饣/食, right: pitfall 臽 (falling person ⺈ over a pit trap 臼 [= mortar]) The food that is pressed into a "pitfall", is the stuffing.   阎 JLPT no HSK gate to a lane / community yán 門 臽 臼 Outside: gate 门/ 門, inside: pitfall 臽 (falling person ⺈ into a pit trap 臼, but here: 臼 as a lane with houses on both sides E 彐) Through this gate the person comes to the residential street: The entrance gate.
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