Chinese symbol for “trap”
困
kùn
to trap; to surround; hard-pressed; stranded
The closest CC-CEDICT match for trap is 困 (kùn), defined as: to trap; to surround; hard-pressed; stranded; destitute.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “trap”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 圈套 | quān tào | trap; snare; trick |
| 诱捕 (誘捕) | yòu bǔ | to trap (an animal); to lure (a suspect) into a trap |
| 坑害 | kēng hài | to trap; to frame |
| 骗局 (騙局) | piàn jú | a swindle; a trap |
| 陷阱 | xiàn jǐng | pitfall; snare |
Related words
Other words that share a character 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “trap”.
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.