JLPT N1 · 15 strokes
Kanji 窮: "hard up, destitute, suffer"
The kanji 窮 means "hard up, destitute, suffer, perplexed, cornered". It is written with 15 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read キュウ, キョウ in on'yomi and きわ.める, きわ.まる, きわ.まり, きわ.み in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
キュウキョウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
きわ.めるきわ.まるきわ.まりきわ.み
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | hard up, destitute, suffer, perplexed, cornered |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 15 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 1756 of 2,501 |
Common words with 窮
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 窮屈narrow; tight; cramped · formal; stiff; strict; ceremonious
- 窮地dilemma; predicament
- 窮するto be at a loss; to be puzzled; to be perplexed; to be at one's wit's end · to be pressed for; to be pinched for; to become poor; to be reduced to poverty
- 困窮poverty; need; destitution · having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
- 窮地に陥るto be caught in a dilemma; to get into a scrape
- 窮状distress; wretched condition
- 返答に窮するto be embarrassed for a reply; to be at a loss for a reply
- 貧窮great poverty
- 窮乏poverty; destitution; privation; indigence
- 無窮eternity; infinitude; immortality
- 進退窮まるto be driven into a corner; to be left with nowhere to turn; to be in a dilemma · to be unable to go forward or backward; to be stranded; to get stuck
- 窮鼠cornered rat
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