窮 — hard up, destitute, suffer

きゅう窮 hard up

きゅう

U+7AAE Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1756 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1424 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

hard up
destitute
suffer
perplexed
cornered

Readings

On'yomi: きゅう kyuu きょう kyou
Kun'yomi: きわ kiwa

word

きゅう kyuu On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

窮(きゅう) 屈(くつ) kyuukutsu narrow 窮(きゅう) 地(ち) kyuuchi dilemma 窮(きゅう) 状(じょう) kyuujou distress

Words by frequency and grade

3 words

Each dot is a word containing 窮: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.

S = secondary school · 2 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.

Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

あな穴 hole #116

躬 body

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#116 穴 cave