漢字Kanji · in Structures & Home
困: quandary, become distressed
Also: annoyed
JLPT N37 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met
囗 carries the meaning · 木 is drawn in
7 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
コンkon · on'yomi · in compounds
- 困惑するこんわくするbe bewildered
- 困難こんなんdifficulty
- 貧困ひんこんpoverty
- 困惑こんわく
こまるkomaru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 困るこまるhave trouble
- 困り果てるこまりはてるto be at a complete loss
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成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine a sturdy wall encircling a city! This radical completely wraps around other elements, containing them safely within its borders like a fence or a country's frontier.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · kùn
Same form: 困 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 困 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 困 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin kùn most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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