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困

7 strokes
Radical:
enclosure 囗
Parts:
囗 木
Variants:
quandary, become distressed, annoyed
Kun:
こま.る
On:
コン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
843 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 困惑 【コンワク】 bewilderment, perplexity, embarrassment, discomfiture, bafflement
  • 困難 【コンナン】 difficulty, hardship, trouble, distress, infeasibility, inability (to carry out)
  • 絶対貧困 【ゼッタイヒンコン】 absolute poverty
  • 絶対的貧困 【ゼッタイテキヒンコン】 absolute poverty

Kun reading compounds

  • 困る 【こまる】 to be troubled, to have difficulty, to be in a fix, to be at a loss, to be stumped, to be embarrassed, to be bothered, to be inconvenienced, to be annoyed, to be badly off, to be hard up, to be in straitened circumstances

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
kun4
Korean:
gon

Spanish

  • dificultades
  • preocupaciones
  • sufrir
  • afligirse
  • hallarse en apuros

Portuguese

  • dúvida
  • torna-se angustiado
  • aborrecido
  • incerteza
  • dilema

French

  • embarras
  • affligé
  • ennuyé
878 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
868 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
860 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1033 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
969 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
422 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
3.9 Japanese for Busy People
558 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
567 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
254 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
341 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3808 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1950 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2644 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
586 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
4717 Morohashi
3070 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
946 New Nelson (John Haig)
579 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
621 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
437 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
851 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1864 2001 Kanji
3s4.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-4 SKIP code
6090.4 Four corner code
1-26-04 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
56f0 Unicode hex code

苦

8 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
十 口 艾
suffering, trial, worry, hardship, feel bitter, scowl
Kun:
くる.しい、 -ぐる.しい、 くる.しむ、 くる.しめる、 にが.い、 にが.る
On:
ク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
623 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 苦 【ク】 pain, anguish, suffering, distress, anxiety, worry, trouble, difficulty, hardship, duhkha (suffering)
  • 苦境 【クキョウ】 difficult situation, adverse circumstances, predicament, trouble, dilemma, distress
  • 生活苦 【セイカツク】 hardships of life (esp. due to lack of money), life's struggles
  • 病苦 【ビョウク】 pain of sickness

Kun reading compounds

  • 苦しい 【くるしい】 painful, difficult, tough, hard, distressing, (psychologically) difficult, stressful, awkward (e.g. position), straitened (circumstances), tight (financial situation), needy, struggling, strained (interpretation, explanation, etc.), lame (e.g. excuse), forced (e.g. smile), far-fetched, hard to do, unpleasant
  • 苦しい言い訳 【くるしいいいわけ】 lame excuse, poor excuse
  • 苦しむ 【くるしむ】 to suffer, to groan, to be worried
  • 苦しめる 【くるしめる】 to torment, to pain, to inflict (physical) pain, to hurt, to harass, to cause (emotional) pain, to afflict, to distress, to bother, to trouble, to stump, to baffle
  • 苦い 【にがい】 bitter
  • 苦い薬 【にがいくすり】 bitter medicine
  • 苦る 【にがる】 to feel bitter, to scowl

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ku3
Korean:
go

Spanish

  • sufrimiento
  • pena
  • doloroso
  • penoso
  • trabajoso
  • amargo

Portuguese

  • sofrimento
  • experiência
  • preocupar
  • dificuldade
  • sentir- se amargo
  • tristeza

French

  • souffrir
  • peine
  • affliction
  • souci
  • amer
  • renfrogné
197 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
283 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
264 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
597 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3928 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
264 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
864 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
687 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
545 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
554 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
342 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
646 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2789 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1433 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1932 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
230 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
30797P Morohashi
2243 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5009 New Nelson (John Haig)
225 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
239 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
344 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
295 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1977 2001 Kanji
3k5.24 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-5 SKIP code
4460.4 Four corner code
1-22-76 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
82e6 Unicode hex code

窮

15 strokes
Radical:
cave 穴
Parts:
儿 宀 弓 穴 身
Variants:
竆
hard up, destitute, suffer, perplexed, cornered
Kun:
きわ.める、 きわ.まる、 きわ.まり、 きわ.み
On:
キュウ、 キョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1756 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 窮屈 【キュウクツ】 narrow, tight, cramped, formal, stiff, strict, ceremonious, rigid, constrained, uncomfortable, tight (e.g. finances)
  • 究極 【キュウキョク】 ultimate, final, last, eventual
  • 無窮 【ムキュウ】 eternity, infinitude, immortality
  • 天壌無窮 【テンジョウムキュウ】 as eternal as heaven and earth

Kun reading compounds

  • 極める 【きわめる】 to carry to extremes, to go to the end of something, to reach the limits of something, to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc), to be extremely (e.g. busy), to exhaust completely, to have nothing left (e.g. to say)
  • 極まる 【きわまる】 to reach an extreme, to reach a limit, to terminate, to come to an end, extremely, to be stuck, to be in a dilemma, to be at a loss, to be decided, to be settled
  • 極まり 【きわまり】 extremity, end, bound, limit
  • 極まりない 【きわまりない】 extremely, in the extreme, knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness), unparalleled, boundless (e.g. universe, ocean), limitless
  • 極み 【きわみ】 height, acme, extremity, peak, end, limit
  • 窮みなき 【きわみなき】 without limit, endless

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qiong2
Korean:
gung

Spanish

  • final
  • extremo
  • finalizar
  • acabar
  • llevar al extremo
  • llevar a cabo

Portuguese

  • endurecer
  • destituído
  • sofrer
  • criar obstáculos
  • encurralar

French

  • extrêmement
  • indigent
  • fauché
  • souffrir
  • perplexe
  • acculé
1152 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1821 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3337 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1259 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1598 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2573 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
897 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
919 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1675 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1457 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2983 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1525 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2078 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1338 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
25593 Morohashi
2358 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4212 New Nelson (John Haig)
1326 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1424 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1787 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
752 2001 Kanji
3m12.4 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-12 SKIP code
2-5-10 SKIP code
3022.7 Four corner code
1-21-71 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7aae Unicode hex code

乏

4 strokes (also 3)
Radical:
slash 丿
Parts:
乙 丶 ノ 亠 廴
Variants:
destitution, scarce, limited
Kun:
とぼ.しい、 とも.しい
On:
ボウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1646 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 乏精子症 【ボウセイシショウ】 oligozoospermia, oligospermia
  • 乏尿 【ボウニョウ】 oliguria
  • 耐乏 【タイボウ】 austerity, voluntary privation
  • 困苦窮乏 【コンクキュウボウ】 hardships and privations

Kun reading compounds

  • 乏しい 【とぼしい】 meagre, meager, scarce, limited, destitute, hard up, lacking, scanty, poor
  • 乏しい 【とぼしい】 meagre, meager, scarce, limited, destitute, hard up, lacking, scanty, poor

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fa2
Korean:
pib

Spanish

  • escaso
  • limitado
  • pobre
  • insuficiente

Portuguese

  • privação
  • escasso
  • limitado

French

  • insuffisant
  • limité
  • indigent
1805 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1587 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
150 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
932 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1029 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
754 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
767 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
860 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
23 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2432 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1228 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1693 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1223 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
133 Morohashi
1933 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
46 New Nelson (John Haig)
1215 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1300 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1017 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2070 2001 Kanji
0a3.11 The Kanji Dictionary
4-4-4 SKIP code
2-1-3 SKIP code
2-2-2 SKIP code
4-5-4 SKIP code
4-3-4 SKIP code
2-2-1 SKIP code
2-1-2 SKIP code
2030.7 Four corner code
1-43-19 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e4f Unicode hex code