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窮

N1

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • hard up
  • destitute
  • suffer
  • perplexed
  • cornered

On'yomi (音読み)

  • キュウ
  • キョウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • きわ.める
  • きわ.まる
  • きわ.まり
  • きわ.み
Strokes
15
JLPT Level
N1
Frequency
#1945
School Grade
Secondary
Radical
穴#116 · cave

Components

Common Words

  • 窮地きゅうちNoun
    dilemma, predicament
  • 窮状きゅうじょうNoun
    distress, wretched condition
  • 窮屈きゅうくつna-adjective
    narrow, tight, cramped
  • 困窮こんきゅうNoun
    poverty, need, destitution
  • 窮乏きゅうぼうNoun
    poverty, destitution, privation
  • 窮余きゅうよNoun
    extremity, desperation
  • 春窮しゅんきゅうNoun
    spring staple shortage (before the harvest of rice, wheat, barley, etc.)
  • 無窮むきゅうna-adjective
    eternity, infinitude, immortality

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Related Kanji

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