Japanese symbol for “cornered”
窮追
きゅうつい
Romaji: kyuutsui
cornered; driven to the wall
In Japanese, cornered is 窮追, read きゅうつい (kyuutsui).
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Meanings
- n, vs, vt cornered; driven to the wall
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 窮屈 | きゅうくつ kyuukutsu | narrow; tight; cramped |
| 困窮 | こんきゅう konkyuu | poverty; need; destitution |
| 窮地 | きゅうち kyuuchi | dilemma; predicament |
| 窮状 | きゅうじょう kyuujou | distress; wretched condition |
| 窮乏 | きゅうぼう kyuubou | poverty; destitution; privation |
| 窮余 | きゅうよ kyuuyo | extremity; desperation |
| 追加 | ついか tsuika | addition; supplement; appending |
| 追放 | ついほう tsuihou | exile; banishment; eviction |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.