JōyōJLPT N1Pre-Level 2

Meaning

Kanji 窮

hard up

hard up, destitute, suffer, perplexed, cornered

Stroke Order
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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
きわ.めるきわ.まるきわ.まりきわ.み
Onyomi 音読み
キュウキョウ
Nanori 名乗り
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Added to Jōyō: 1946

Jōyō
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JLPT
JLPT N1
Frequency
#1756
Strokes
15
Radical
Components
Kanji Kentei
Pre-Level 2
Similar Kanji

Related vocabulary

Showing 29 common entries

Showing 29 of 53 entries that include this kanji.

究極

きゅうきょく

ultimate

窮屈

きゅうくつ

tight (e.g. finances)

極める

きわめる

to exhaust completely

極まる

きわまる

extremely

極み

きわみ

end

窮乏

きゅうぼう

poverty

窮地

きゅうち

dilemma

窮状

きゅうじょう

distress

極まりない

きわまりない

boundless (e.g. universe, ocean)

窮余

きゅうよ

extremity

究める

きわめる

to exhaust completely

窮す

きゅうす

to be hard pressed

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

彼は地に陥った。

He fell into a predicament.

その国は経済的な乏に苦しんでいる。

That country is suffering from economic destitution.

この靴は少し屈だ。

These shoes are a little tight.

した人々を助けるべきだ。

We should help people in distress.

それは余の策だった。

That was a desperate measure.