EntryCommonWaniKani 56
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb

    poverty; need; destitution

    その家族はきわめて困窮していた。
    The family lived in the depths of misery.
  2. having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

quandary, become distressed, annoyed

Kun
こま.る
On
コン
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N3
Frequency
843 of 2500
Radical
enclosure
WaniKani
Level 20

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
3-3-4SKIP code
3s4.1The Kanji Dictionary
6090.4Four corner code
1864deroo
56f0Unicode hex code
1-26-04JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1033Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
946New Nelson (John Haig)
3070New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3808Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1950Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2644Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
579Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
621Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
860A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
969Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
4717Morohashi
868A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
558Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
567Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
422Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
878henshall3
851Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
437crowley
254Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.9busy_people
341Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
586Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
kun4Pinyin reading
gonKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
20WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

hard up, destitute, suffer, perplexed, cornered

Kun
きわ.めるきわ.まるきわ.まりきわ.み
On
キュウキョウ
Strokes
15
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1756 of 2500
Radical
cave
WaniKani
Level 56

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
2-3-12, 2-5-10SKIP code
3m12.4The Kanji Dictionary
3022.7Four corner code
752deroo
7aaeUnicode hex code
1-21-71JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3337Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4212New Nelson (John Haig)
2358New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2983Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1525Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2078Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1326Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1424Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1821A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2573Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1259Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
25593Morohashi
1152A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
897Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
919Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1598Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1787Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1675Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1457Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1338Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
qiong2Pinyin reading
gungKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
56WaniKani level