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困

困 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

quandary, become distressed, annoyed

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • コンElem.
Kun (native)
  • こま(る)Elem.
Other languages
  • 拼音kun4
  • 한글gon
  • Hán-ViệtKhốn

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
7 strokes
Radical
囗(くにがまえ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+56F0

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿴囗木

Words using this kanji

  • 困難こんなん解決や実行などがて様子。difficulty, hardship, trouble, distress
  • 困惑こんわくどうしたら良いのか分からず困ること。bewilderment, perplexity, embarrassment, discomfiture
  • 困り果てるこまりはてるこまりはてるを参照。to be at a complete loss, to be without recourse, to be completely stymied, to have absolutely no idea what to do
  • 困窮こんきゅう貧乏で生活に苦しむこと。 解決策が見出せず困り果てること。poverty, need, destitution, having great difficulty with
  • 困るこまるto be troubled, to have difficulty, to be in a fix, to be at a loss
  • 困苦こんく困り苦しむこと。privation, hardship
  • 困憊こんぱいひどく疲れること。exhaustion, fatigue
  • 困却こんきゃくperplexity, dilemma
  • 困厄こんやく苦しむこと。distress, disaster
  • 困蹶こんけつ不幸に苦しむ。being in a difficult position, being in a tight corner
  • 困窮者こんきゅうしゃthe poor, the needy, the destitute
  • 困じるこうじるto be troubled, to be worried, to be bothered, to become exhausted
  • 困ずるこうずるto be troubled, to be worried, to be bothered, to become exhausted
  • 困ったこまったunmanageable, impossible, hopeless, inopportune
  • 困り顔こまりがおtroubled face, worried expression
  • 困り眉こまりまゆtroubled eyebrows, worried-looking eyebrows
  • 困らせるこまらせるto trouble with questions, to embarrass, to put out, to put on the spot
  • 困りものこまりものgood-for-nothing, scapegrace, nuisance, trouble
  • 困りきるこまりきるto be greatly perplexed, to be at a loss, to be sorely troubled, to be greatly embarrassed
  • 困り抜くこまりぬくto be at one's wit's end, to be in great trouble, to be at a loss

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Lookup codes

SKIP
3-3-4
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6090.4
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621
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1033