Chinese symbol for “embarrassment”
困窘
kùn jiǒng
embarrassment
The closest CC-CEDICT match for embarrassment is 困窘 (kùn jiǒng), defined as: embarrassment.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “embarrassment”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 糗 | qiǔ | dry rations (for a journey); (dialect) (of noodles etc) to become mush (from overcooking) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 困窘.
| 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 |
| 窘境 | jiǒng jìng | awkward situation; predicament |
| 窘迫 | jiǒng pò | poverty-stricken; very poor |
See also: Japanese symbol for “embarrassment”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.