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困 — 7 strokes ／ Radical「囗」

道
5Elementary year 6 ／ 7 strokes ／ Radical「囗」
On
コンこん · kon
Kun
こま(る)koma(ru)
Meaning
to be troubled; distressed

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

木 "tree" inside 囗 "an enclosure"; a tree hemmed in and unable to grow — hence "to be troubled."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onコンこんkon困難こんなん困窮こんきゅう貧困ひんこん
Kunこまるkomaru困るこまる

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 困難こんなん

    difficulty; hardship

  • 貧困ひんこん

    poverty

More words with this kanji

  • 困窮こんきゅう
  • 困憊こんぱい
  • 歩行困難ほこうこんなん

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

道(みち)に迷(まよ)って困(こま)った。

I lost my way and was at a loss.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

貧困困難困貧poor難diffic…四four囚impris…因cause団group回to tur…今now艮northe…坤earth昏dusk昆insect
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 囗Map of reading コンAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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