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窮

JLPT N1 15 strokes Frequency: #1756

Meanings

Hard Up, Destitute, Suffer, Perplexed, Cornered

Radicals

穴

Decomposition

⿱穴躬

Etymology

Pictophonetic: cave

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 15

Stroke Order

1 vertical right-to-left

2 dot right-to-left

3 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

4 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

5 curve right-to-left

6 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

7 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

8 hook bottom-to-top

9 horizontal bottom-to-top

10 horizontal bottom-to-top

11 rising bottom-to-top

12 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

13 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

14 horizontal left-to-right

15 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

キュウ kyuu

キョウ kyou

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

きわ kiwa

Words Using This Kanji

38 words total

Other (20 words)

窮迫きゅうはく

financial difficulty

窮地きゅうち

dilemma

窮状きゅうじょう

distress

窮屈きゅうくつ

narrow

窮民きゅうみん

poor people

窮境きゅうきょう

predicament

窮乏きゅうぼう

poverty

貧窮ひんきゅう

great poverty

貧窮化ひんきゅうか

impoverishment

窮すれば通ずきゅうすればつうず

necessity is the mother of invention

困窮者こんきゅうしゃ

the poor

窮余きゅうよ

extremity

窮策きゅうさく

desperate measure

窮鳥きゅうちょう

cornered bird

窮追きゅうつい

cornered

窮死きゅうし

dying in miserable circumstances

窮余の策きゅうよのさく

desperate measure

窮措大きゅうそだい

poor student (scholar)

窮理きゅうり

study of natural laws

窮みなききわみなき

without limit

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