困 — Chinese character
困
kùn
to surround; to besiege; surrounded, in distress; poor; tired, sleepy
- Pinyin
- kùn
- Radical
- 31 ⼞ (Enclosure)
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- 囗 木
- Formation
- ideographic — A fence 囗 built around a tree 木
- Traditional
- 睏
- Japanese
- 困 as a kanji
Common words with 困
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 困难 (困難) | kùn nan | difficult; challenging |
| 贫困 (貧困) | pín kùn | impoverished; poverty |
| 困境 | kùn jìng | predicament; plight |
| 困扰 (困擾) | kùn rǎo | to perplex; to disturb |
| 困惑 | kùn huò | bewildered; perplexed |
| 被困 | bèi kùn | to be trapped; to be stranded |
| 围困 (圍困) | wéi kùn | to besiege |
| 困苦 | kùn kǔ | deprivation; distressed |
| 穷困 (窮困) | qióng kùn | destitute; wretched poverty |
| 受困 | shòu kùn | trapped; stranded |
| 脱困 (脫困) | tuō kùn | to get out of a difficult situation |
| 困局 | kùn jú | dilemma; predicament |
English words written with 困
- poverty
- trap
- challenging
- trapped
- embarrassment
- stranded
- sleepy
- plight
- deprivation
- impoverished
- predicament
- bailout
困 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 4 · Art of War 1 · I Ching 7 · Mencius 1 · Zhuangzi 9 · Doctrine of the Mean 2
- Analects 9.15
- Analects 16.9
- Analects 20.1
- Art of War 9.36
- Hexagram 4
- Hexagram 47
- Mencius 6B.15
- Zhuangzi Transcendental Bliss
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