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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

  • 窮屈きゅうくつna-Adj.narrow, tight, cramped
  • 窮状きゅうじょうNoundistress, wretched condition
  • 窮地きゅうちNoundilemma, predicament
  • 窮乏きゅうぼうNounpoverty, destitution, privation, indigence, penury
  • 困窮こんきゅうNounpoverty, need, destitution
  • 窮境きゅうきょうNounpredicament
  • 窮迫きゅうはくNounfinancial difficulty, distress
  • 窮民きゅうみんNounpoor people, the poor

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