窘 — Chinese character
窘
jiǒng
distressed; embarrassed; hard-pressed
- Pinyin
- jiǒng
- Radical
- 116 ⽳ (Cave)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 穴 君
- Formation
- pictophonetic — cave; meaning component 穴; sound component 君
- Japanese
- 窘 as a kanji
Common words with 窘
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 窘境 | jiǒng jìng | awkward situation; predicament |
| 窘迫 | jiǒng pò | poverty-stricken; very poor |
| 困窘 | kùn jiǒng | embarrassment |
| 发窘 (發窘) | fā jiǒng | to feel embarrassment; disconcerted |
| 窘况 (窘況) | jiǒng kuàng | predicament |
| 受窘 | shòu jiǒng | embarrassed; bothered |
| 窘匮 (窘匱) | jiǒng kuì | destitute; impoverished |
English words written with 窘
窘 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Art of War 1 · Zhuangzi 1
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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