窮 — kanji meaning “hard up”
窮
hard up, destitute, suffer, perplexed, cornered
- Meanings
- hard up, destitute, suffer, perplexed, cornered
- On'yomi
- キュウ (kyuu)、キョウ (kyou)
- Kun'yomi
- きわ.める、きわ.まる、きわ.まり、きわ.み
- Strokes
- 15
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1756 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 116
- Chinese reading
- qióng — Chinese character page
Words with 窮
| 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 |
| 窮する | きゅうする kyuusuru | to be at a loss; to be puzzled; to be perplexed |
| 貧窮 | ひんきゅう hinkyuu | great poverty |
| 窮鼠 | きゅうそ kyuuso | cornered rat |
| 無窮 | むきゅう mukyuu | eternity; infinitude; immortality |
| 天壌無窮 | てんじょうむきゅう tenjoumukyuu | as eternal as heaven and earth |
| 窮迫 | きゅうはく kyuuhaku | financial difficulty; distress |
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