困 — kanji meaning “quandary”
困
quandary, become distressed, annoyed
- Meanings
- quandary, become distressed, annoyed
- On'yomi
- コン (kon)
- Kun'yomi
- こま.る
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- 6
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #843 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 31
- Chinese reading
- kùn — Chinese character page
Words with 困
| 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 |
| 困惑 | こんわく konwaku | bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment |
| 困窮 | こんきゅう konkyuu | poverty; need; destitution |
| 困憊 | こんぱい konpai | exhaustion; fatigue |
| 困苦 | こんく konku | privation; hardship |
| 困らせる | こまらせる komaraseru | to trouble with questions; to embarrass; to put out |
| 困りもの | こまりもの komarimono | good-for-nothing; scapegrace; nuisance |
| 困りきる | こまりきる komarikiru | to be greatly perplexed; to be at a loss; to be sorely troubled |
| 疲労困憊 | ひろうこんぱい hiroukonpai | total exhaustion |
| 困り抜く | こまりぬく komarinuku | to be at one's wit's end; to be in great trouble; to be at a loss |
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