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Kanji Detail for 困 - "trouble"

困

  • Meaning

    困 means "trouble." Also associated with poor, to suffer.

    1. Trouble - Difficulty; hardship.

    2. Suffer - To experience pain; to struggle.

    3. Poor - Lacking resources; impoverished.

    4. Tired - Fatigued; exhausted.

  • Words using 困

    • 困難 こんなん Listen difficulty; hardship; trouble
    • 貧困 ひんこん Listen poverty; penury; need
    • 困惑 こんわく Listen bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment
    • 困り果てる こまりはてる Listen to be at a complete loss; to be without recourse; to be completely stymied
    • 困る こまる Listen to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be in a fix

  • Four-character idioms with 困

    • 困苦欠乏 こんくけつぼう Listen hardships and privations
    • 困苦窮乏 こんくきゅうぼう Listen hardships and privations
    • 疲労困憊 ひろうこんぱい Listen total exhaustion

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    • Verified meaning: trouble
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: poor, to suffer

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    quandary; become distressed; annoyed

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    to surround, besiege; to be surrounded; difficult; hexagram ䷮

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to trap; to surround; hard-pressed; stranded; destitute

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to surround; to besiege; surrounded, in distress; poor; tired, sleepy

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Destitute. (Analects) "The four seas in poverty." All fatigue, exhaustion, and distress are called 困.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    kon(コン) コン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    koma.ru(こま-る) こま-る

  • Strokes

    tip

    7 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    囗 (kunigamae)

  • Related Keywords

    trouble suffer poor tired distress difficulty adversity challenge dilemma discomfort exhausted fatigued hardship impoverished obstacle predicament struggle

Sentences including 困

  • He's been having trouble with back pain for years.

  • I am in trouble.

  • The trouble is that she lacks experience.

  • It is difficult for me.

  • The trouble with him is that he is lazy.

  • The trouble is that he thinks only of himself.

  • I am annoyed by his carelessness.

  • I am at a loss for words.

  • The trouble is that i don't have much money now.

  • The typhoon made that difficult.

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