Character: 陷
Modern (Beijing) reading: xiàn
Preclassic Old Chinese: g(h)rǝ̄ms
Classic Old Chinese: g(h)rǝ̄mh
Western Han Chinese: grǝ̄mh (~ ɣ-)
Eastern Han Chinese: grǝ̄mh (~ ɣ-)
Early Postclassic Chinese: gǝ̣̄̀m (~ ɣ-)
Middle Postclassic Chinese: giǝ̣̄̀m (~ ɣ-)
Late Postclassic Chinese: giǝ̣̄̀m (~ ɣ-)
Middle Chinese: ɣạ̈̀m
English meaning : to dig a pit; fall into a pit, get trapped
Russian meaning[s]: 1) упасть в яму, провалиться; погрузиться; обрушиться; 2) занять, оккупировать; оккупированный; пасть (о крепости); 3) погубить; запутать; 4) волчья яма; западня; 5) 30-е число (в телеграммах)
Comments: A later meaning is 'to entrap' > 'to besiege, occupy, harass etc.'. In Viet. cf. also (perhaps as colloquial loanwords) ho`m 'very deep'; hõm 'deep-set, hollow'.
Radical: 170
Four-angle index: 1042
Karlgren code: 0672 c-d
Vietnamese reading: hãm
