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窘 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「穴」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「穴」
On
キンきん · kin
Kun
たしな.める・くるし.むtashina.meru · kurushi.mu
Meaning
to be in straits; to rebuke

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Cave 穴 with 君 as phonetic: brought up short in a narrow hole, hence hard pressed, and to reprove.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 窘迫きんぱく

    distress; straits

  • 窘めるたしなめる

    to rebuke

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

軽率(けいそつ)を窘(たしな)めて諭(さと)す。

They rebuke the rashness and set them right.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

窘迫窘迫urge穹the va…穽a pitf…窈deep…窕gracef…窖a cell…听pound忻to rej…矜to pri…紉to thr…衾a quil…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 穴Map of reading キンAll maps

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