Japanese symbol for “bewilderment”
困惑
こんわく
Romaji: konwaku
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture
In Japanese, bewilderment is 困惑, read こんわく (konwaku).
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Meanings
- n, vi, vs bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “bewilderment”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 当惑 | とうわく touwaku | bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment |
| 闇 | やみ yami | bewilderment; despair; hopelessness |
| 迷い | まよい mayoi | hesitation; bewilderment; perplexity |
| 惑乱 | わくらん wakuran | bewilderment; confusion |
| 惑い | まどい madoi | delusion; illusion; infatuation |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 困難 | こんなん konnan | difficulty; hardship; trouble |
| 貧困 | ひんこん hinkon | poverty; penury; need |
| 困る | こまる komaru | to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be in a fix |
| 困窮 | こんきゅう konkyuu | poverty; need; destitution |
| 困憊 | こんぱい konpai | exhaustion; fatigue |
| 迷惑 | めいわく meiwaku | trouble; bother; annoyance |
| 思惑 | おもわく omowaku | expectation; anticipation; prediction |
| 誘惑 | ゆうわく yuuwaku | temptation; allurement; lure |
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