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Kanji Detail for 窮 - "exhaust, poverty, difficulty"

  • Meaning

    窮 means "exhaust, poverty, difficulty."

    1. Exhaust - To use up completely.

    2. Poverty - The state of being poor.

    3. Corner - To drive into a difficult position.

    4. Investigate - To examine thoroughly.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    hard up; destitute; suffer; perplexed; cornered

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    poor, destitute, impoverished

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    poor, destitute; to exhaust

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

    Extreme. To reach the ultimate point. Meaning having no more room left. Hence poverty is called 窮. The extreme of poverty. Difficulty is called 窮. The extreme of difficulty. Mountains exhausted and waters ended. Plans exhausted and strength depleted. All are this meaning. | To research. Such as saying 窮理盡性 (thoroughly investigate principles and exhaust one's nature). | To exhaust. Such as 窮日之力. Meaning exhausting a day's effort.
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