窘 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「穴」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「穴」
- On
- キン
- Kun
- たしな.める・くるし.む
- Meaning
- to be in straits; to rebuke
Origin
Cave 穴 with 君 as phonetic: brought up short in a narrow hole, hence hard pressed, and to reprove.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 窘迫きんぱく
distress; straits
- 窘めるたしなめる
to rebuke
Example
軽率を窘めて諭す。
They rebuke the rashness and set them right.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)