10 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 9th grade
JLPT exam level N1

collapse, fall into, cave in, fall (castle), slide into

Kun'yomi
  • to fall into (e.g. a hole) ②to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.) ③to fall into (a trap, etc.) ④to fall
  • to trap (into a difficult situation) ②to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.) ③to drop (something) into
On'yomi
  • カン

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

おちい 46.8%
カン 26.7%
おとしいれる 26.4%

Character Breakdown

collapse, fall into, cave in
おちい.る カン おとしい.れる (9th, N1)
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
old times, old things, old friend
キュウ ふる.い もと (5th, N2)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン シ ジョ
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)

Common Words

to fall into (e.g. a hole) ②to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.) ③to fall into (a trap, etc.) ④to fall
to trap (into a difficult situation) ②to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.) ③to drop (something) into
subsidence ②fall (of a city, fortress, etc.) ③fall (in position, rank, etc.) ④giving in (to someone's persuasion)
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References

Unicode hex code 9665
JIS X 0208 1-20-57
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 4990
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6446
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 457
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 547
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 334
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 413
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 1315
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 1412
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 1678
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 1718
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 41676P
Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters 1098
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 1218
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1281
Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards 1870
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 1401
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 1522
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 730
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 1325
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 2d7.11
Four corner code 7726.2
De Roo Code 3678