EntryCommonJLPT N1WaniKani 56
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb

    poverty; destitution; privation; indigence; penury

    飢饉が人々にひどい窮乏をもたらした。
    Famine caused great distress among the people.
Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
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
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

destitution, scarce, limited

Kun
とぼ.しいとも.しい
On
ボウ
Strokes
4
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1646 of 2500
Radical
丿 slash
WaniKani
Level 30

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
2-1-3, 2-2-2, 4-4-4, 2-1-2, 2-2-1, 4-3-4, 4-5-4SKIP code
0a3.11The Kanji Dictionary
2030.7Four corner code
2070deroo
4e4fUnicode hex code
1-43-19JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
150Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
46New Nelson (John Haig)
1933New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2432Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1228Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1693Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1215Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1300Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1587A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
932Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
133Morohashi
1805A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
754Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
767Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1029Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1017Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
860Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
23Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1223Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
fa2Pinyin reading
pibKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
30WaniKani level